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Grand strategy, China, Europe and Eurasia, Foreign and defense policy, Great power competition, International security, and NATO

Thomas P. Cavanna

Non-Resident Fellow

Defense Priorities

Thomas Cavanna is a non-resident fellow at Defense Priorities.

Cavanna is also an Academic Visitor at Lehigh University. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Lehigh University and Tufts University (Fletcher School), a Postdoctoral Fellow at Southern Methodist University, and a Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. His interests include grand strategy, U.S. foreign policy, and the U.S.-China competition. His current book project is on the U.S.-China competition in Europe and Eurasia. His most recent articles and book chapters have been published by the Texas National Security Review (Unlocking the Gates of Eurasia: China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its Implications for U.S. Grand Strategy), Oxford University Press India (Quest for a Peaceful, Prosperous and Friendly Neighbourhood: India’s South Asia Policy, 2004–14), the Brookings Institution Press (Coercion Unbound? China’s Belt and Road Initiative), and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia (U.S. Grand Strategy since 1776). He also worked on U.S. policy in South Asia and America’s war in Afghanistan. Cavanna holds a French “Agrégation” in History, an MA and PhD in History from Sciences Po Paris, and an MA from Audencia Business School. He was also a Fox Fellow at Yale University.

ExplainerNATO, China, Russia

Keep NATO focused on Europe, not China

By Thomas P. Cavanna

July 24, 2025

Key points During the Trump I and Biden presidencies, the United States applied growing pressure on NATO to turn against […]

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ExplainerNATO, China, Russia

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