1. States
1.1. Rational Grand Strategy
1.1.1. **State's options for achieveing its interest**
1.1.1.1. **State’s options for achieving its interests**
1.1.1.1.1. State's interest
1.1.1.1.2. Int'l Situation/Environment
1.1.1.1.3. Theories of state interaction
1.1.1.1.4. Options
1.1.1.1.5. Tradeoff and Conclusions
2. Network Theory
2.1. Network Approaches
2.1.1. Manipulation of Transnational Networks
2.1.2. Comparing Political Systems
2.1.3. Imperial vs. Federal Grand Strategies
3. Strategy-Making as a Foundational International Practice
3.1. Practice Theory & Strategy
3.1.1. Non-essentialist
3.1.1.1. Collective achievement
3.1.1.1.1. Political Process
3.2. Conceptual Tools and Analytical Frameworks
3.2.1. Strategic Culture
3.2.1.1. Security communities
3.2.1.1.1. Field & Controversy
3.3. Analytical Tools
3.3.1. Actor-Network theory (ANT)
3.3.1.1. Narrative Analysis
3.3.1.1.1. Document Analysis
3.4. Political Dimensions of Strategy
3.4.1. Power struggles
3.4.1.1. World-making
3.5. Diversity of Strategy-Makers
3.5.1. Deconstructing the state
3.5.1.1. Collective Achievement
3.6. Research Methods
3.6.1. Ethnography
3.6.1.1. Action Research
3.7. Bridging Gaps in Security Studies
3.7.1. Strategic Studies vs. critical security studies
3.7.1.1. Dialogue across disciplines
4. Ideology and Grand Strategy
4.1. Critique of Rationalist Approaches
4.1.1. Material power as the dominant factor
4.1.1.1. Neoclassical realism’s limited view of ideology
4.2. Ideology as Proactive in Strategy
4.2.1. Ideology as an actionable belief system
4.2.1.1. Role in mobilization and resource extraction
4.2.1.1.1. Social representation and cognitive influence
4.3. Interaction Effects of Ideology
4.3.1. How ideology interacts with other variables (material power, international context, leadership)
4.4. Ideology vs. Rationalist Theories
4.4.1. Rationalism’s limits in explaining ideology
4.4.1.1. Ideology as a driver, not a mediator
4.5. Implications for Future Research
4.5.1. New frameworks for understanding strategy
4.5.1.1. Expanding the scope of analysis to include ideational factors