Ionut Popescu

Ionut Popescu is an assistant professor of political science at Texas State University. He is the author of the new book Emergent Strategy and Grand Strategy: How American Presidents Succeed in Foreign Policy (Johns Hopkins, 2017).

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An Old Grand Strategy for A New Era: Rediscovering American Conservative Nationalism | Review of Colin Dueck’s Age of Iron
An Old Grand Strategy for A New Era: Rediscovering American Conservative Nationalism | Review of Colin Dueck’s Age of Iron

Colin Dueck’s “Age of Iron: On Conservative Nationalism” presents a sophisticated outlook on the future of Republican foreign policy.

Ionut PopescuFebruary 28, 2020

The Case for Pragmatic Globalism: A Review of Paul Miller’s American Power and Liberal Order: A Conservative Internationalist Grand Strategy
The Case for Pragmatic Globalism: Review of Paul Miller’s American Power and Liberal Order

All in all, American Power and Liberal Order is an excellent book providing a spirited defense of what has largely been a successful American grand strategy for the past 70 years. The big question remains whether the same framework could work for the next 70 years, or whether new external challenges and internal political changes call for a different approach.

Ionut PopescuDecember 19, 2018