Christopher Preble

Christopher Preble, Director of the Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy Program at the Stimson Center, joins Emma Ashford to discuss the decline of U.S. relative power and the need for a more realistic foreign policy. They explore the necessity to prioritize Americans' security and reorient alliances to serve U.S. interests. Preble critiques the current grand strategy as outdated for a multipolar world, while Ashford advocates for focused engagement in Asia and Latin America and a balanced approach to economic statecraft, highlighting the limits of sanctions.