Within the past few years the foreign policy community has elevated Taiwan to be a high level of strategic importance, designated as a potential flashpoint. But how did we get here and what are the implications for world order? In attempting to understan…lnkd.in/du7-WE9

📢 Congratulations to the grand prize winners of our 2022 Paper Prizes, Emily A. Davis, Elliot Seckler, and Travis Z!

Elliot and Travis won the prize on the Role of Organizational Behavior in Competition for their fantastic paper that rethinks strategic competition with China -- is US org culture shaping a reactive foreign policy? Read their paper abstract here: bit.ly/3uzFKKl

Excited to share that Elliot Seckler and I are the winners of the The Andrew W. Marshall Foundation 2022 essay prize for our paper: Rethinking Strategic Competition with China (How U.S. Organizational Culture is Shaping a Reactive Foreign Policy and Subject to a Reverse Competitive Strategy).

We are proud of our SAIS Strat Alumni Elliot Seckler and Travis Z! Congratulations to the grand prize winners and to all of the finalists of The Andrew W. Marshall Foundation's 2022 Paper Prizes!

📢Does the United States understand the competition in which it is engaged? Check out "America's Reactive Foreign Policy: How U.S. Organizational Behavior and Culture Advantages China," by Elliot Seckler and Travis Z bit.ly/3pTvWw7

Elliot and Travis were the grand prize winners of our paper prize on the Role of Organizational Behavior in Competition, which asked people to explore cases of great strengths or weaknesses of organizational behavior in developing or implementing strategy. bit.ly/3pTvWw7

This paper raises a crucial question: Is the US govt basing strategic competition with China on US interests, or is it reacting in ways that advance the strategic goals of the CCP? bit.ly/3pTvWw7

I think Jess Blankshain & I will read with interest new The Andrew W. Marshall Foundation (Elliot Seckler / Travis Z) piece on how U.S. org culture creates a reactive foreign policy; aligns with Derek Reveron concerns about an ossified national security process. andrewwmarshallfoundation.org/library/americ…

"...because of its organizational culture, the U.S. foreign policy community approaches strategic competition in ways that disadvantage the United States." argue Elliot Seckler & Travis Z in their prize-winning essay for The Andrew W. Marshall Foundation andrewwmarshallfoundation.org/wp-content/upl…

Listen in October 3! The issues addressed will hopefully give pause to the U.S. foreign policy community and engender discussions and debate about the current momentum of decisions and the direction of foreign policy making.

Elliot Seckler, Travis Z, and Aaron Friedberg discuss American susceptibility to Chinese manipulation and the need for the United States to develop a more proactive strategy to effectively counter China's competitive strategies. Watch here: tinyurl.com/mr46rr7k