Book Reviews. The Unquiet Frontier

Abstract

In times when the public, political and academic discourses flourish with contributions that deliberate on whether it is ‘all quiet on NATO’s Eastern flank’, Jakub J. Grygiel and A. Wess Mitchell are among a handful that dare advance a straightforward argument on the ‘unquiet frontier’ with their 2016 book ‘The Unquiet Frontier: Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power’. The authors – one a renowned academic, the other a think-tanker – have successfully managed to address the topic from both academic and policy-oriented perspectives. The book dismantles the current US strategy in relation to its allies – but also vis-à-vis growing revisionist powers – and advocates for both continued US presence abroad as well as the strengthening of ties with US allies worldwide.