Breakwater’s Steven Weber in The Dispatch: The Strategy That Won the Cold War–and Why It Still Matters

In his second of a monthly series on the Cold War with The Dispatch Breakwater Partner Steven Weber examines how the strategic approach that defeated the Soviet Union in the 1980s Cold War can inform America’s current competition with China. Steven argues that Reagan-era statecraft intuitively grasped key competitive dynamics about how seemingly inferior rivals can still win, and why passive containment strategies are insufficient against disruptive challengers. Drawing lessons from that era’s bold departures from détente thinking, the piece outlines a framework for contemporary U.S. strategy that could prove decisive in the coming decade’s geopolitical contest. Read more from Steven here.