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"Geopolitics Updated: The Strategy of Selective Engagement"

Journal Article, International Security, volume 23, issue 3, pages 5-42

Winter 1998/1999

Author: Robert Art, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1974-1977, 1978-1979; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security

Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security; Quarterly Journal: International Security

ABSTRACT

Robert Art of Brandeis University considers America’s current options for a grand strategy. The choices are dominion, global collective security, regional collective security, cooperative security, containment, isolationism, and selective engagement. Art details the pros and cons of each grand strategy and offers his rationale for why selective engagement can best serve U.S. national interests: the strategy “is a hybrid, taking the good elements from its six competitors but avoiding their pitfalls.”

For more information about this publication please contact the IS Editorial Assistant at 617-495-1914.

For Academic Citation:

Robert J. Art. "Geopolitics Updated: The Strategy of Selective Engagement." International Security 23, no. 3 (Winter 1998/1999): 5-42.

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