AGS in the News

It can be difficult to keep track of all the fantastic work being done by our AGS community; each month AGS faculty, students, and alumni contribute their expertise to articles, editorials, podcasts, and more. That’s why each month we collect and share a round up of appearances by AGS community members.

This month, our affiliated faculty and alumni have explored the future of civil-military relations, reflected on the role of private enterprise in American geopolitics, analyzed FDR’s Arsenal of Democracy, and more. Explore their work at the links below:

“The Military and the Republic: What America’s Armed Forces Can—and Cannot—Do for Democracy”
Charles Q. Brown Jr., Peter D. Feaver, and Andrew Kragie
Foreign Affairs, July 3, 2026.

“250 Years of American Enterprise”
John Hillen
The Wall Street Journal, July 3, 2026.

“The Arsenal of Democracy”
John Hillen
Beacon of Liberty, The Vandenberg Coalition

“Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-51 on Rovner, Strategy and Grand Strategy”
Nathan K. Finney
The Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum, July 27, 2026

“New Books in American Studies: Orchestrating Power: The American Associational State in the First World War”
Nathan K. Finney and Miranda Melcher
The New Books Network, May 21, 2026

A Century of International Crisis Behavior
Eds. Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Kyle Beardsley, and Patrick James
University of Michigan Press, August 2026

Mixed Blessings: International Relationships of Assistance and Conflict
Kyle Beardsley
Cambridge University Press, August 2026