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197729 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.197729 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2024 154 pages Doctoral Dissertation Academic theses Text eng Kilic, Cagla Thies, Cameron Peterson, Timothy Walker, Stephen Kaarbo, Juliet Arizona State University Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2024 Field of study: Political Science This dissertation aims to examine the formations and changes in grand strategies acrossvarious regime types in a more rigorous manner by introducing a comprehensive and novel role theoretic framework. I propose that role theory offers a theoretical foundation for comprehending the structure of grand strategy through the lens of roles, enabling the measurement of changes in its composition over time. This innovative and unorthodox framework provides a comprehensive response to the persistent problems and challenges highlighted by scholars in the field of grand strategy, as well as the enduring issues present within the existing literature. The central argument posits that the absence of role contestation within the inner circle of government lends grand strategies their characteristic longevity, thus serving as a robust metric for assessing the formation of grand strategies in the most rigorous manner possible. Consequently, roles facilitate the differentiation of long-term policies from short-term policies by deciphering the horizontal role contestation process. This approach thus resolves outstanding theoretical and measurement issues within the field of grand strategy analysis. This research not only facilitates an understanding of transitions in grand strategies within different regime types but also enhances the accuracy of comprehending short-term policies by providing a broader perspective and viewpoint. Political Science China Foreign Policy Grand Strategy role theory Russia The U.S.A. A Role Theoretic Approach to Grand Strategy: Explaining Composition and Change Over Time in China, Russia and the U.S.A.