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A 6 page paper. Two models for the grand strategy are explained: selective engagement and primacy. The essay includes comments in terms of how these strategies meet the criteria for a grand strategy as issued by the U.S. Army College. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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greatest powers in the world (Posen and Ross, 1997). Peace is an American value although the other part of that value is the willingness to go to war to preserve
it. This goal is based on the fact that a conflict between these great powers poses a greater danger to the United States than conflict between other nations (Posen and
Ross, 1997). The world powers that "matter most" are the "wealthier states of the European Union, the Peoples Republic of China and Japan" (Posen and Ross, 1997, p. 17). Those
who support this theory believe the United States must be involved in those regions where the consequences of a war would be most serious (Posen and Ross, 1997). Selective engagement
theory reflect the national interest of taking action to assure a favorable world order. One of the issues of great concern to selective engagement proponents is the proliferation of nuclear
weapons (Posen and Ross, 1997). The concern emphasizes some states over others, however (Posen and Ross, 1997). Those nations who have a friendly relationship with the United States and who
have no conflicts with the U.S. or her allies are the least feared (Posen and Ross, 1997). They are also not as concerned about renegade small states that refuse to
give up their nuclear weapon technology, examples include Israel and India (Posen and Ross, 1997). It is not worth alienating a friend over this issue when it is highly unlikely
these states would initiate a strike against the U.S. or its allies (Posen and Ross, 1997). The concerns about other powers posing a danger to the U.S. could be expressed
as a region free of conflict as described by Yarger and Barber, which falls under the general category of favorable world order. It is important when states within a regional
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