Special Edition | The United States at 250: Institutions, Alliances & the Future of World Order

To mark the launch of our newest print edition, “The United States at 250: Institutions, Alliances, and the Future of World Order,” this special extended companion episode of The Looking Glass brings the pages of the journal directly to your ears. 

As the United States approaches its semiquincentennial, we invite the issue’s featured authors to provide reflections on their research, arguments, and strategic policy takeaways. From the historical parallels of international interventions and shifts in grand strategy to global democracy support, state fragility, and the rise of middle powers, hear firsthand from leading practitioners and scholars on the forces remaking world order. 

Featured Contributors:

• U.S. Senator Ben Cardin – The Future of US International Engagement
• Dr. Jacqueline Mazza – The US Operation to Capture Nicolas Maduro: Revisiting Historic Parallels
• Eamon Burke & Jonathan Quintyne – Big Bets and Diminishing Returns: Institutional Grounding and the Decline of American Grand Strategy
• Alexandria Virginski – Immigration Law and the Politics of Statecraft
• Larry Garber & Dr. Edward McMahon – Assessing the Evolution of United States Government Supported Democracy Programming: Past and Future
• Friedrich Conradi – Chasing Hares: On the Failure of States in an Age of Transnational Crisis
• Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli – A Disengaged United States at 250: The Rise of Middle Powers

To read the full articles and support the journal, purchase the print edition through Johns Hopkins University Press: https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/sais-review-international-affairs

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