A Grand Strategy of Consolidation

April 21, 2026

Wess Mitchell

Publications

If it focuses on consolidation, the United States has a historic chance to regain its bearings as a great power and prevail in a sustained competition with China, the most powerful adversary in U.S. history.

Foreign Affairs

About Wess Mitchell

Dr. A. Wess Mitchell is co-founder and principal at The Marathon Initiative, a policy initiative focused on developing strategies to prepare the United States for an era of sustained great power competition.