The quoted definition describes grand strategy as the highest level of national statecraft. States prioritize and mobilize military, diplomatic, political, economic, financial, and intelligence resources, along with public support, according to their perceived interests. Those interests may extend only to survival or as far as shaping a regional or global order, so grand need not mean grandiose. Grand strategy manages available means toward chosen ends in peace and war through deterrence, coercion, alliances, diplomacy, and other instruments. Public diplomacy, propaganda, and mobilizing political will are also part of this coordination of national resources.
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The instruments and ends of grand strategy
A formal definition shows how military, diplomatic, economic, financial, intelligence, and political instruments are coordinated toward national ends.