How Changing Alliances Are Reshaping U.S. Presence Across Regions For years, America’s role in the world felt predictable. The United States was everywhere, involved […]
Author: Alex R. Whitmore
Senior Analyst, U.S. Strategy & Alliance Systems - Alex R. Whitmore is a senior analyst specializing in U.S. grand strategy, alliance management, and transatlantic security affairs. His work focuses on the structural logic behind American foreign policy decisions, particularly the evolving balance between leadership, burden-sharing, and strategic restraint.
He has written extensively on NATO dynamics, alliance credibility, and the long-term implications of strategic recalibration in an era of great power competition. His analysis emphasizes incentives, institutional behavior, and systemic risk rather than political personalities.
Whitmore’s work is grounded in policy-oriented research and is intended for readers seeking deeper insight into how strategic choices shape global order over time.
“America Must Come First” A Structural Shift in U.S. Alliance Thinking
The debate surrounding “America First” is often framed as a question of leadership style or political temperament. This framing misses the deeper reality. What […]
Allies Under Pressure: Why America’s Friends Are Being Forced to Hedge
For decades, the United States has relied on a dense web of alliances as one of its greatest strategic advantages. These partnerships were built not […]
When “America First” Means Higher Prices
Why Tariffs Can’t Bring Back the Economy We Remember At first glance, the reason prices are rising in the United States seems straightforward. Tariffs raised […]
Power That Still Dominates — But Delivers Less
Power That Still Dominates — But Delivers Less Why the United States Is Carrying the Heaviest Burden in Today’s World In today’s international system, no […]
The World After Deterrence How Great Power Competition Is Reshaping Global Stability
Introduction: When Stability Is No Longer Assumed For much of the post–Cold War era, global stability rested on a set of widely shared assumptions. Major […]
What This Means for Taiwan Deterrence Internal Discipline and Strategic Signaling in Beijing
The Deterrence Question Deterrence in the Taiwan Strait is often discussed in terms of military capability—missiles, naval power, air superiority, and alliance commitments. Yet deterrence […]
The Detention of a Senior Chinese General: Internal Power Consolidation and Implications for Taiwan
Introduction The reported detention of a senior general within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), widely regarded as politically close to Xi Jinping, has drawn significant […]
Southeast Asia at the Crossroads: Power Competition and Strategic Choice in a Shifting Global Order
Introduction Southeast Asia has emerged as one of the most strategically significant regions in the contemporary international system. Once viewed primarily through the lens of […]