A Warning to Africa: The New U.S. Imperial Grand Strategy

…Perhaps the clearest ordering of U.S. strategic objectives has been provided by Robert J. Art, professor of international relations at Brandeis and a research associate of the Olin Institute, in A Grand Strategy for America. “A grand strategy,” he writes, “tells a nation’s leaders what goals they should aim for and how best they can use their country’s military power to attain these goals.” In conceptualizing such a grand strategy for the Untied States, Art presents six “overarching national interests” in order of importance:

First, prevent an attack on the American homeland

Second, prevent great-power Eurasian wars and, if possible, the intense security competitions that make them more likely


[NOTE: First part of article is a review of old ideas so skim down further if your already familiar with them.] Third, preserve access to a reasonably priced and secure supply of oil Fourth, preserve an open international economic order Fifth, foster the spread of democracy and respect for human rights abroad, and prevent genocide or mass murder in civil wars Sixth, protect the global environment, especially from the adverse effects of global warming and severe climate change. After national defense proper, i.e., defense of “the homeland” against external attack, the next three highest strategic priorities are thus: (1) the traditional geopolitical goal of hegemony over the Eurasian heartland seen as the key to world power, (2) securing control over world oil supplies, and (3) promoting global-capitalist economic relations. GlobalResearch.ca