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The field of grand strategy is exceptionally American-centric theoretically, methodologically and empirically. Indeed, many scholars treat the United States as a unique case, and thus incomparable. This Element addresses the shortcomings of this approach by developing a novel framework for the purpose of systematic comparison, both within and among different countries. Using the United States as a benchmark, three dimensions are considered in which grand strategy can be compared: first, attributes of the major types commonly discussed in the literature; second, similarities and differences in the implementation of grand strategies over time, using US strategic relations with contemporary Russia as an example; and finally, across space, properties of the grand strategies that are interactively employed by other major powers in relation to the United States in the Indo-Pacific. The Element can be used by scholars and students alike to expand analysis beyond the confines that currently dominate the field.

Introduction : grand strategy and everyday conflicts -- Naval operations and grand strategy in the new security environment -- Comparing grand strategies and their inherent limitations -- A maritime strategy of primacy in the Persian Gulf -- Playing a follow-the-leader strategy on the high seas -- Pirates, terrorists and formal sponsorship -- Navigating the proliferation security initiative and informal sponsorship -- Racing for the Arctic with a strategy of restraint -- Controlling the southern maritime approaches with an isolationist strategy -- Conclusion : moving beyond the current debate

In Buying Military Transformation, Peter Dombrowski and Eugene Gholz analyze the United States military's ongoing effort to capitalize on information technology. New ideas about military doctrine derived from comparisons to Internet Age business practices can be implemented only if the military buys technologically innovative weapons systems. Buying Military Transformation examines how political and military leaders work with the defense industry to develop the small ships, unmanned aerial vehicles, advanced communications equipment, and systems-of-systems integration t

Addressing the missile threat 1980-2008 / Susan J. Koch -- U.S. national missile defense policy / James M. Acton -- Theater ballistic missile defense concepts / Amy F. Woolf -- Technical controversy : can missile defense work? / George N. Lewis -- Congress and missile defense / Nancy W. Gallagher -- Europe and missile defense / Gustav Lindstrom -- Postcrisis perspectives : the prospects for cooperation among the United States, NATO and Russia on ballistic missile defense / Vladimir Dvorkin -- From dream to reality : Israel and missile defense / Ariel Levite and Shlomo Brom -- Ballistic missile defense cooperation in the Arabian Gulf / Michael Elleman and Wafa Alsayed -- Ballistic missile defense in South Asia / Andrew Winner -- Chinese attitudes toward missile defense / Christopher P. Twomey and Michael S. Chase -- Japan's ballistic missile defense and "proactive pacifism" / Saadia M. Pekkanen -- Strategic dead end or game changer? / Brad H. Roberts -- Evaluating the opportunity and financial costs of missile defense / Dov S. Zakheim -- Conclusion : the future of ballistic missile defense / Peter Dombrowski and Catherine McArdle Kelleher

American strategy in the Indian Ocean / Andrew C. Winner and Peter J. Dombrowski -- Strategy options -- Strengthening partners to keep the peace: a neo-Nixon doctrine for the Indian Ocean region / Walter C. Ladwig III -- Reformulating grand strategy in the Indian Ocean region: the case of containment / William C. Martel -- Leaving unipolarity behind: a strategic framework for advancing US interests in the Indian Ocean region / Christopher Preble -- Offshore balancing in the Indian Ocean: forward or not at all / James R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara -- Cooperative security in the Indian Ocean region / Rodger A. Payne -- From hub to hinge: a strategic framework to promote US security interests in the Indian Ocean / Michael Auslin -- Evolving recent US policies into the future -- The Indian Ocean: protecting access to a volatile powerhouse / Teresita C. Schaffer -- Combating transnational security threats in the Indian Ocean: a focused US regional strategy / Andrew C. Winner

Toward a balance sheet : what, why, and how / John S. Duffield and Peter J. Dombrowski -- The Iraq War and the war on terror : the global jihad after Iraq / Steven Simon -- The Iraq War and the failure of U.S. counterproliferation strategy / Joseph Cirincione -- The Iraq War and American national security interests in the Middle East / F. Gregory Gause III -- The Iraq War and the state of the U.S. military / Michael E. O'Hanlon -- The international political costs of the Iraq War / Thomas G. Weiss -- The Iraq War and U.S. public opinion / Clay Ramsay -- Are we safer now? / Peter J. Dombrowski and John S. Duffield

Judged against the expectations created by President Bush and his defense team, the Navy's transformation enterprise falls short. However, no compelling strategic rationale for military transformation has yet been articulated. A revolution in military affairs is not required for the maintenance of U.S. military dominance specifically or American primacy generally, or for fighting and winning the global war on terror.

Includes bibliographical references. ; U.S. naval strategy in the twenty-first century : a brief introduction / Peter Dombrowski -- 1. The challenges of American imperial power / Michael Ignatieff -- 2. American primacy : its prospects and pitfalls / Stephen M. Walt -- 3. Has it worked? : the Goldwater-Nichols Reorganization Act / James R. Locher III -- 4. The erosion of civilian control of the military in the United States today / Richard H. Kohn -- 5. "9/11" and after : a British view / Michael Howard -- 6. Fighting at and from the sea : a second opinion / Frank Uhlig, Jr. -- 7. ". From the sea" and back again : naval power in the second American century / Edward Rhodes -- 8. The tyranny of forward presence / Daniel Gouré -- 9. Naval power for a new American century / Roger W. Barnett -- 10. Transforming the U.S. Armed Forces : rhetoric or reality? / Thomas G. Mahnken -- 11. Network-centric warfare : what's the point? / Edward A. Smith, Jr. -- 12. Transforming the Navy : punching a feather bed? / Peter J. Dombrowski, Andrew L. Ross -- 13. Building the future fleet : show us the analysis! / Eric J. Labs -- 14. Transformation and the Navy's tough choices ahead : what are the options for policy makers? / Ronald O'Rourke. ; Mode of access: Internet.