Exploring ‘resolute restraint’ as an alternative to liberal internationalism
A new book tries, but largely fails, to bridge the gap between two camps of US grand strategy.
Andrew Latham is Professor of International Relations and Political Theory at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, and Research Associate with the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Canada. Professor Latham has taught courses such as Chinese Foreign Policy, Regional Conflict and Security (which has alternatively focused on the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific Region); War and Islam; US Foreign and Defense Policy, International Security, and Advanced International Theory.
In addition to publishing in a range of academic journals, he has published in magazines such as The Hill, The National Interest, The Diplomat, RealClearDefense, DefenseOne, Wavell Room and The Conversation.
A new book tries, but largely fails, to bridge the gap between two camps of US grand strategy.
Conditions that drove competitive fears that defined the post-World War II and Cold War eras don’t exist today.