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The Will to Lead

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America’s Indispensable Role in the Global Fight for Freedom

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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Leadership arguments reveal whose responsibility and legitimacy a proposed order assumes.

Pragmatic review

The former Danish prime minister and NATO secretary general argues for American global leadership. Its use is as a clear statement of a strategic worldview: identify the coalition, the threat model and the responsibilities the author assigns. Read it to analyse an argument about leadership, rather than to borrow the authority of a former officeholder.

WTM Signal Review

WTM’s judgement: a useful position to interrogate, with political commitments that require opposing perspectives. A case for leadership must address legitimacy, accountability and consequences for people outside the leading coalition. Distinguish a persuasive policy argument from a neutral account of world affairs.

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Write the argument’s assumptions, intended beneficiaries and strongest counterargument before agreeing with its conclusion.

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Catalogue updated: 10 October 2026. The Webflow Press page is the editable editorial record; this portal carries the launch catalogue edition.

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