The Sovereignty Solution: A Common Sense Approach to Global Security

Authors

Andrew Higgins, Liberty University Helms School of GovernmentFollow

Level of Education

Master's Graduate

Abstract

The Sovereignty Solution calls for a new grand strategy for the United States. The current security paradigm, the book’s authors hold, has yet to be properly modified from a 20^th-century cast of mind. The ad hoc system inherited after the end of the Cold War now fails because it too often applies national power equally to each emerging threat. But security challenges in the 21^st century arise so quickly and unexpectedly that continuing in this manner incurs overextension and further, risks strategic defeat. If the United States continues to behave as if it can be in all places in equal measure at once, it will suffer demoralization at home while burning through resources and reputation abroad.

Recommended Citation

Higgins, Andrew (2020) "The Sovereignty Solution: A Common Sense Approach to Global Security," Liberty University Journal of Statesmanship & Public Policy: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 10.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/jspp/vol1/iss1/10