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This course is designed to familiarize students with the concept of grand strategy and the strategic cultures of the US, its leading competitors, and other nations. The goal is for students to comprehend the different national approaches to grand strategy in terms of how nations set their goals (ends), how they organize and employ various methods to achieve them (ways), and how they allocate or develop resources over time (means), to arrive at a continuous advantage in competition. Key to this is how nations create and differentiate their capabilities to gain an asymmetric advantage over their competition. Also under examination is how various nations practice their culturally unique blends of hard and soft power within their grand strategies. The course is laid out in five parts. Part I (days 1-4) examines the concept of grand strategy, what it is, and how to compare various grand strategies. Part II (days 5-6) looks at US strategic culture and how the US develops and executes grand strategy. Part III (days 7-10) looks at grand strategy from the Chinese and Russian perspectives. Part IV (days 11-13) introduces grand strategy from the European, Indian, and Japanese points of view. Finally, Part V calls for a reexamination of US grand strategy after all that has been learned about the approaches of competitors and allies.