Jakub J. Grygiel (born 4 March 1972) is a professor of politics at the

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and fellow a
The Institute for Human Ecology
He is a senior advisor at The Marathon Initiative and a Visiting National Security Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is also a book review editor fo
Orbis
In 2017-2018 he was a senior advisor to the Secretary of State in the

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working on European affairs. Before joining the

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, he was

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Associate Professor at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (

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). Grygiel was a Senior Fellow at the

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. His book, ''The'' ''Unquiet Frontier'', co-authored with Wess Mitchell, has been cited as having had a significant influence on National Security Advisor General H.R. McMaster's formulation of the 2017 U.S. National Security Strategy and the shift of emphasis in U.S. foreign policy to great-power competition. The book argues that rising and revisionist powers, Russia and China, are "probing" the periphery of the U.S.-led international order by placing pressure on U.S. allies, and that the United States should strengthen its alliances as a way of achieving strategic stability. Grygiel was awarded the 2005 Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller Prize in Naval History for an article on the US Navy in the early Cold War. He has written extensively on geopolitics, seapower, Russian foreign policy, European politics, and US foreign policy. His writings on international relations and security studies have appeared in ''

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, Orbis,

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'', as well as several U.S. and foreign newspapers. Grygiel earned a Ph.D., M.A. and an MPA from

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, and a BSFS summa cum laude from

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Publications

Books

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Articles

*''Russia Will Not Be Our Friend Against China''
Strategika
*''Tools for Victory against Russia and China''
National Interest
*''The Return of Europe's Nation States'' (Foreign Affairs) *''The Paradox of Great Powers: Allies and Force in Montesquieu's Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline'' (Orbis) *''Why is Russia in Syria?'' (The American Interest) *''Germany: The Pacifist Menace'' (The American Interest) *''The EU Can't Fulfill Its Purpose'' (The American Interest) *''How to 'Normalize' Relations with Russia'' (The American Interest) *''Vladimir Putin’s Encirclement of Europe''
National Review
*''The Role of Values in Foreign Policy''
National Review
*''The Need for Allies'' (National Review) *''Predators on the Frontier'' (The American Interest) *''Are Tyrants Only Local Thugs?'' (The American Interest) *''The Geopolitical Nihilist'' (The American Interest) *''A Preclusive Strategy to Defend the NATO Frontier'' (The American Interest) *''The Power of Statelessness'' (

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) *''Europe: Strategic Drifter''
National Interest
) *''Two Princes'' (The American Interest) *''The Russian Autocrat's Eternal Return'' (The American Interest) *''Vacuum Wars'' (

) *''The Diplomacy Fallacy'' (

) *''Empires and Barbarians'' (

) *''The Geopolitics of Europe: Europe's Illusions and Delusions'' (Orbis) *''Elections and Geopolitics'' (SAISphere) *''Empires and Its Discontents'' (

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) *''Agricola: A Man for Our Times'' (Orbis) *''Imperial Allies'' (Orbis) *''The Dilemmas of US Maritime Supremacy in the Early Cold War'' (

References

External links

Catholic University of America profileThe Marathon Initiative profileHoover Institution profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grygiel, Jakub J. Living people Johns Hopkins University faculty Princeton University alumni Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni United States Department of State officials Catholic University of America faculty 1972 births