Zack Cooper: Strategic Insolvency and Multipolarity

The Strategy Sessions is a limited-run podcast series hosted by Emma Ashford, a senior fellow with the Reimagining US Grand Strategy Program at the Stimson Center. Emma talks with Zack Cooper, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute about alliances, multipolarity, and the future of U.S. foreign policy, with a focus on the Indo-Pacific. Emma and Zack’s discussion is part of the New Visions for Grand Strategy Project, a collection of essays, videos, and podcasts in which out-of-the box thinkers discuss the future of U.S. foreign policy.*The Strategy Sessions Podcast is hosted by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM.Show Links:Emma Ashford, First Among Equals: U.S. Foreign Policy for a Multipolar World (Yale University Press, 2025)Zack Cooper, Tides of Fortune: The Rise and Decline of Great Militaries (Yale University Press, 2025)Zack Cooper, “An American Strategy for a Multipolar World.” in New Visions for Grand Strategy, edited by Emma Ashford and Nevada Joan Lee, The Stimson Center. Washington, D.C., USA