Geopolitics, Strategy & World Order — Area 01
Geopolitical power, strategy & statecraft
Grand strategy, national interest, balance of power, alliances, deterrence, diplomacy and strategic autonomy.
Research in development
This area studies how states and other political actors acquire, organize and exercise geopolitical power, and how strategy is formulated under conditions of uncertainty, competition and constraint.
It treats strategy as a practical field of study — capabilities, commitments, alliances, deterrence and diplomacy — while asking how strategic assumptions are formed, inherited and revised.
Research topics
- Grand strategy
- National interest
- Balance of power
- Strategic competition
- Alliances
- Deterrence
- Military strategy
- Diplomacy
- Statecraft
- Strategic autonomy
- Regional security
Questions in this area
- 01
How do states and other political actors acquire, organize and exercise geopolitical power?
- 02
How do states define national interest?
- 03
Why do states form alliances?
- 04
How do states develop strategic autonomy?