The Evolution of U.S. Grand Strategy: From Isolationism to Liberal Internationalism

Charles A. Kupchan, a senior fellow at CFR and a professor of international affairs at Georgetown University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the United States should adapt to an era of renewed great power competition and domestic disagreement over what it should seek to achieve abroad. This episode is the third in a special TPI series on U.S. grand strategy.

This episode first aired: July 30, 2024

Mentioned on the Episode 

“A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Liberal Internationalism, With John Ikenberry,” The President’s Inbox

Richard Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America’s House in Order

Charles A. Kupchan, Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself From the World

Jake Sullivan, “Renewing American Economic Leadership”

Jake Sullivan, “The Sources of American Power: A Foreign Policy for a Changed World,” Foreign Affairs

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/new-us-grand-strategy-case-liberal-realism-charles-kupchan