The Reimagining US Grand Strategy Program strengthens U.S. foreign policy by testing assumptions, reassessing conventional wisdom, and exploring innovative approaches to international engagement.
Given the historic nature of the challenges facing U.S. policymakers in a rapidly changing world, we believe that the voices influencing policy decisions are often too narrow, and that unconventional thinking is urgently required. The program fills an important gap in the national discourse on the United States’ global role by injecting fresh thinking and unorthodox ideas.
Through original research, public and private events, and media appearances, we are transforming the national security debate, among both policy experts and the broader public.

Instead of Albright’s “3Ds,” it should embrace the “3Cs”—cooperation, capabilities, and consolidation—to build a stronger European pillar in NATO
July 2, 2024

Today’s NATO is less defensible, less coherent, and perhaps even more dependent on U.S. capabilities than in the late Cold War
July 2, 2024

Haitian stakeholders — from the government to civil society — should be included in decision-making, leadership, implementation, and oversight processes
June 26, 2024

Despite efforts to reform the international financial architecture, change remains limited and slow with a greater need for international solidarity
June 24, 2024

Policymakers are relying on poorly understood assumptions in the war in Ukraine. Not all of them are accurate
May 23, 2024

The Global South in the World Order Project co-hosted an event with the Embassy of France to discuss the urgency of reforming the international system
April 16, 2024

Exploring the impediments to a US-led Indo-Pacific alliance and overcoming the geographic hurdles to creating regional military coalitions
April 15, 2024

The US-EU infrastructure investment initiative is not as innovative or groundbreaking as U.S. officials claim
April 11, 2024