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Power Problems • March 21, 2023 

# Strategy, Restraint, and the Pursuit of Dominance 

What can we learn from the great empires of history? Tulane professor and Cato adjunct scholar Christopher Fettweis is the author of *The Pursuit of Dominance: 2000 Years of Superpower Grand Strategy*. He discusses grand strategy, balancing means and ends, the wisdom of restraint, the temptation to overextend, and other lessons to draw from the history of empires.

**Show Notes**

- [Christopher Fettweis bio](https://liberalarts.tulane.edu/departments/political-science/people/christopher-fettweis)
- Christopher J. Fettweis, *[The Pursuit of Dominance: 2000 Years of Superpower Grand Strategy](https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Dominance-Years-Superpower-Strategy/dp/0197646646#:~:text=In%20The%20Pursuit%20of%20Dominance,past%20for%20present%20US%20policymakers.)*(New York: Oxford University Press, 20222).
- Christopher J. Fettweis, “[Restraining Rome: Lessons in Grand Strategy from Emperor Hadrian](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00396338.2018.1495438?journalCode=tsur20),” *Survival* 60, no. 4 (August-September 2018): pp. 123–150.

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##### [Christopher Fettweis](/people/christopher-fettweis)

Professor, Department of Political Science, Tulane University

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