Reflections on Grand Strategy - The Great Powers in the Twenty-first Century

The book provides an analytic framework for grand strategy and applies the framework to illuminate the grand strategies of the Great Powers of the twenty-first century: India, China, Russia, and the United States. The book also uses Coca-Cola as a case study to illustrate the potential influence of grand strategy on business strategy. The analysis is rigorous, logical, fact-based, historically rooted, and well-sourced with abundant endnotes to encourage further exploration by readers.




Samir Tata is an independent expert on foreign policy and national security issues. Previously, he was the president of International Political Risk Analytics, a start-up which he founded to provide consulting services to enterprises considering cross-border opportunities. Earlier he served as an analyst in the Intelligence Community and a staff member in the US Senate. His analytical work on foreign policy and national security issues has been featured in publications such as Parameters, Forbes, and The Diplomat. He has an MBA from Cornell University, a MA in International Affairs from George Washington University, and a BA in Foreign Affairs & History from University of Virginia.