“War is the continuation of politics by other means,” said Carl von Clausewitz. But politics can also be a continuation of war. The authors of the proposed book, employees of the Council on Foreign Relations - the think tank of American foreign policy, propose to increase attention to the war by other means - the use of geo-economic measures in the interests of the United States, since either the United States will begin to use its geo-economic potential much more decisively and skillfully, or American national interests will increasingly come under threat.