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.

There is a real danger that the actions the United States is taking in an effort to signal support for Taiwan will actually spur a conflict over Taiwan
May 18, 2022

U.S. leaders should change their approach to developing countries and start viewing them as full-fledged players on the international scene
April 19, 2022

The administration will need to scrutinize key assumptions and confront hard decisions regarding how to keep ends and means in balance.
April 6, 2022

Putin may have intended to achieve his political goals in Ukraine merely by presenting a highly credible threat of invasion.
March 31, 2022

Washington has an opportunity to advance US diplomatic goals and commercial interests by bringing music to the world.
March 24, 2022

Aude Darnal joins panel of experts to explore the West’s changing military presence in Africa’s Sahel region and what it could mean for peace and stability across the continent.
March 22, 2022

The glory days of fighter planes and swirling dog fights may or may not have passed, but they are no longer the only or most important fights in the sky.
February 7, 2022

The success of the mRNA vaccines gives the United States an opportunity to rebuild its soft power.
February 1, 2022