Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Daniel Larison
“The unipolar moment is over, and the U.S. must adapt its foreign policy to an increasingly multipolar world. The old overly ambitious strategy of liberal hegemony is ill-suited to the new realities of the 21st century. Moreover, the U.S. is badly overstretched with too many commitments around the world, and it needs to chart a different course if it is to prosper in the decades to come. To meet that need, Emma Ashford — a senior fellow at the Stimson Center — lays out the case for a new pragmatic grand strategy of realist internationalism in her valuable new book, ‘First Among Equals: U.S. Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World.’ … Ashford makes a good case that this multipolarity is real and that the U.S. will have to change how it operates in the world to flourish in these new conditions.” (09/02/25)