The Wisdom of Retrenchment

MacDonald, P. K., & Parent, J. M. (2011). The Wisdom of Retrenchment: America Must Cut Back to Move Forward. Foreign Affairs, 90(6), 32-47.

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Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2011

Volume

90

Issue

6

Pages

32-47

Link

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2011-11-01/wisdom-retrenchment

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Primes

• Managed Retreat
  • And in diplomacy and strategy, planned base closures and sphere-of-influence contractions run on a chosen timeline.

    This sourceArgues that declining powers can deliberately pare back commitments -- base closures, sphere contractions -- on a measured timeline rather than being forced into disorderly collapse.

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