Citation

Morgan G. Am. Behav. Sci. 2008; 51(9): 1322-1338.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0002764208316226

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article assesses the pros and cons of Amitai Etzioni's security first grand strategy. It argues that such a grand strategy is not much less ambitious than the Bush doctrine that it seeks to replace. The article is especially critical of Etzioni's proposals for forcible deproliferation. Rather than a security first grand strategy, the article defends a stability-first grand strategy that relies on the Westphalian state system, nuclear deterrence, the United Nations, and a U.S. grand strategy of measured restraint.