BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:In Great Power Diplomacy\, American historian and diplomat A. W ess Mitchell recounts the forgotten story of how history’s most legendary empires have used diplomacy as a tool of grand strategy to outwit\, outman euver and outlast militarily superior opponents.Diplomacy of this kind has become a lost art in recent years as Western elites embraced the illusion that globalization and the spread of democracy would create a borderless world where nations would live in harmony and war would be abolished from the human story.But\, as Great Power Diplomacy \;reveals\, we will nee d to rediscover the secrets of skillful statecraft as the world enters an unstable new era in which continent-sized great powers compete for territo ry\, resources\, and prestige. By recalling diplomacy’s rich past\, we can equip ourselves for a more dangerous future.A. Wess Mitchell \;is a h istorian and diplomat. He served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs and is the author of The Grand Strategy of t he Habsburg Empire \;(Princeton). He is cofounder and principal at The Marathon Initiative\, a think tank that focuses on U.S. diplomatic\, mili tary\, and economic strategies. DTEND:20251016T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260711T112627Z DTSTART:20251016T163000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Book Talk | A. Wess Mitchell: ‘Great Power Diplomacy’ UID:RFCALITEM639193515872616359 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In Great Power Diplomacy\, America n historian and diplomat A. Wess Mitchell recounts the forgotten story of how history’s most legendary empires have used diplomacy as a tool of gran d strategy to outwit\, outmaneuver and outlast militarily superior opponen ts.

Diplomacy of this kind has become a lost art in recent years as Western elites embraced the illusion that globalization and the spread of democracy would create a borderless world where nations would live in harm ony and war would be abolished from the human story.

But\, as Gr eat Power Diplomacy \;reveals\, we will need to rediscover the se crets of skillful statecraft as the world enters an unstable new era in wh ich continent-sized great powers compete for territory\, resources\, and p restige. By recalling diplomacy’s rich past\, we can equip ourselves for a more dangerous future.

A. Wess Mitchell \;is a historian and diplomat. He served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State fo r European and Eurasian Affairs and is the author of The Grand Strateg y of the Habsburg Empire \;(Princeton). He is cofounder and princ ipal at The Marathon Initiative\, a think tank that focuses on U.S. diplom atic\, military\, and economic strategies.

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