Beyond Primacy

Beyond Primacy
Rethinking American Grand Strategy and the Command of the Commons
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 12:15pm - 1:45pm

Mounting concern over America's long-term fiscal position may bring about sizable cuts in U.S. military spending. But these cuts need not compromise U.S. national security if the United States makes the right adjustments in its military posture and grand strategy.

In a new paper for the American Strategy Program, Sameer Lalwani and Joshua Shifrinson argue that the United States can pare back its forward-based naval presence in many regions while retaining "command of the commons." It can accomplish this by relying more on regional powers to help in securing the freedom of the seas while maintaining sufficient over-the-horizon naval power to serve as the security guarantor of last resort.

During this event, Sameer Lalwani and Joshua Shifrinson, along with Lawrence Korb, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and Flynt Leverett, the Director of New America's Iran Initiative, discuss the command of the commons and the future of American grand strategy.

Participants

featured speakers
Sameer Lalwani
Research Fellow, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, MIT

Joshua Shifrinson
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, MIT
International Security Program Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Lawrence Korb
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Flynt Leverett
Director, Iran Initiative, New America Foundation
Co-author, Race for Iran

moderator
Steve Clemons
Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic
Senior Fellow, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation

Please visit http://www.newamerica.net/events/2011/beyong_primacy for more information on this event.

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