Strategic Engagement in International Relations: Conceptual Foundations and Contemporary Geopolitical Applications Introduction The term strategic engagement occupies an increasingly prominent position in the lexicon of international relations (IR), especially in the context of 21st-century multipolar geopolitics. While lacking a single authoritative definition, strategic engagement broadly refers to a mode of interaction between states that involves … Continue reading How is the concept of strategic engagement defined within the literature of international relations, and in what ways has it been applied in contemporary geopolitical practice to denote calibrated cooperation and rivalry among states?