What is Statecraft?

3 Credits

How do governments manage their scarce resources while pursuing a broad array of ambitions? How can policymakers utilize different types of power (cultural, economic, military and the like) to achieve their goals both effectively and efficiently? In a rapidly evolving and intricate world, how can leaders discern short-term and long-term priorities, opportunities, and threats? The key to addressing these issues is the concept of strategy––which is about aligning objectives with the resources at hand––and statecraft, which is the art and practice of managing the nation’s affairs.