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Grand strategy is in vogue, in both academic and in policy circles. In the scholarly world, centres for the study of grand strategy are multiplying. Commentators and academics frequently debate how and if states should pursue a ‘grand strategy’, whilst businesses and nations alike prioritise thinking ‘strategically’. But what does ‘grand strategy’ actually entail? How is grand strategy helpful? How is it difficult to implement? Understanding and explaining these vital concepts are therefore useful in the world of business, politics and academia alike. Grand strategy is all about how a state defines its goals and how it allocates resources to pursue them. Grand strategy is therefore inherently ‘big picture’ and focuses on the long-term advancement of the national interest, by employing multiple and diverse tools of statecraft to pursue a delineated objective. Thus, this course covers diverse tools and forms of statecraft – spanning warfare, diplomacy and more – and measures their effectiveness.