Unilateralism And Us Foreign Policy

Author : David Malone
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781588261199
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy written by David Malone and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors explore international reactions to U.S. conduct in world affairs.

Author : David Skidmore
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136886621
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unilateralist Temptation in American Foreign Policy written by David Skidmore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pattern of multilateral engagement and unilateral retrenchment in American foreign policy from the Cold War through the Clinton, Bush, and Obama years presents a puzzle. What accounts for the unilateralist turn? Is it a passing aberration attributable to the neoconservative ideology of the Bush administration? What then of the disengagement evident earlier during Clinton’s presidency, or its continuation under Obama? Was the U.S. investment in multilateral institutions following World War II an anomaly? Or is the more recent retreat from international institutions the irregularity? Skidmore traces U.S. unilateralism to the structural effects of the end of the Cold War, both domestically and abroad, to argue that the United States was more hegemonic than multilateralist—a rule-maker, not a rule-taker. An "institutional bargain" existed under the Cold War threat from the Soviets, but absent those imperatives the United States has been less willing to provide collective goods through strong international institutions and other states are less willing to defer to U.S. exemptions. On the home front, the post-Cold War political environment has made it more difficult for presidents to resist the appeals of powerful interests who are threatened by multilateral commitments. This book demonstrates that American unilateralism has deeper roots and more resilience than many expect. The unilateral temptation can only be overcome through new political bargains domestically and internationally that permit multilateral engagement, even the absence of great power rivalry.

Author : Thomas M. Kane
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134164335
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theoretical Roots of US Foreign Policy written by Thomas M. Kane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enlightening new book examines the roots of America's new unilateralism in terms of Machiavelli's theory of state politics.

Author : Stewart Patrick
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781588260185
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy written by Stewart Patrick and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puzzled by the disjunction between global trends and US foreign policy since the end of the Cold War, mostly American scholars of political science, law, and economics explore the causes and consequences of US ambivalence to multilateral cooperation. They consider such dimensions as the growing influence of domestic factors, US grand strategy, the chemical weapons convention, and the International Criminal Court. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Thomas M. Kane
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134164327
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theoretical Roots of US Foreign Policy written by Thomas M. Kane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the reasons why American leaders from the 1700s onwards frequently adopt policies of unilateralism. Thomas M. Kane presents fresh explanations for America’s invasion of Iraq and defiance of international agreements, which go much deeper than conventional critiques of particular presidents to examine the real significance of the September 11 attacks. As the only and unprecedented sole superpower, the US faces a range of new and complex problems. Kane draws on the thinking of Machiavelli to illuminate and assess the key challenges for both the US and the global community. This unique book: connects contemporary US policy to patterns that reach back to America’s founding explores political dynamics affecting all republics contributes to theoretical debates about the benevolence, or otherwise, of American democracy highlights the key issues that Americans and non-Americans alike must address now and in the future. Theoretical Roots of US Foreign Policy will be of great interest to all students of US foreign policy, strategy and history and of international relations, politics and strategic studies in general.

Author : Clyde V Prestowitz
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786724277
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rogue Nation written by Clyde V Prestowitz and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the six months prior to the World Trade Center attack, the United States walked away from a treaty to control the world traffic in small arms, the Kyoto accords, a treaty to combat bioterrorism, and many other international agreements. After 9/11 there was a flurry of coalition building, but Europe and Asia quickly came to see the conflict in Afghanistan as an American war with Tony Blair leading cheers from the sidelines. Recent American calls to action in Iraq have only reinforced international perception that the U.S. plans to remain a solitary actor on the world stage. Despite our stated good intentions -- the causes of justice and democracy -- we have become the world's largest rogue nation. The Bush administration did not invent the American tradition of unilateralism, but, Clyde Prestowitz argues, they have taken it to unprecedented heights. Rogue Nation explores the historical roots of the unilateral impulse and shows how it helps shape American foreign policy in every important area: trade and economic policy, arms control, energy, environment, drug trafficking, agriculture. Even now, when the need for multilateral action -- and the danger of going it alone -- has never been greater, we continue to act contrary to international law, custom, and our own best interests.

Author : Yuen Foong Khong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy written by Yuen Foong Khong and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has there been a new surge of American unilateralism? Why is the world fearful of a United States that goes it alone? What are the consequences, for both the United States and the world, of a unilateral America? This book seeks to answer these questions. Past discussions and debates among US contributors were sufficiently passionate as to suggest that a parallel investigation, this time by international scholars, about US approaches to multilateralism and unilateralism would prove illuminating.

Author : Thomas George Weiss
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415700620
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wars on Terrorism and Iraq written by Thomas George Weiss and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wars on Terrorism and Iraq provides a timely and critical analysis of the impact of the wars on terrorism and Iraq on human rights particularly internationally, as well as related tensions in U.S. foreign policy.

Author : Robert Jervis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113542523X
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Foreign Policy in a New Era written by Robert Jervis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To say that the world changed drastically on 9/11 has become a truism and even a cliché. But the incontestable fact is that a new era for both the world and US foreign policy began on that infamous day and the ramifications for international politics have been monumental. In this book, one of the leading thinkers in international relations, Robert Jervis, provides us with several snapshots of world politics over the past few years. Jervis brings his acute analysis of international politics to bear on several recent developments that have transformed international politics and American foreign policy including the War on Terrorism; the Bush Doctrine and its policies of preventive war and unilateral action; and the promotion of democracy in the Middle East (including the Iraq War) and around the world. Taken together, Jervis argues, these policies constitute a blueprint for American hegemony, if not American empire. All of these events and policies have taken place against a backdrop equally important, but less frequently discussed: the fact that most developed nations, states that have been bitter rivals, now constitute a "security community" within which war is unthinkable. American Foreign Policy in a New Era is a must read for anyone interested in understanding the policies and events that have shaped and are shaping US foreign policy in a rapidly changing and still very dangerous world.

Author : Christopher McKnight Nichols
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231554273
Total Pages : 725 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ideology in U.S. Foreign Relations written by Christopher McKnight Nichols and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2023 Joseph Fletcher Prize for Best Edited Book in Historical International Relations, History Section, International Studies Association Ideology drives American foreign policy in ways seen and unseen. Racialized notions of subjecthood and civilization underlay the political revolution of eighteenth-century white colonizers; neoconservatism, neoliberalism, and unilateralism propelled the post–Cold War United States to unleash catastrophe in the Middle East. Ideologies order and explain the world, project the illusion of controllable outcomes, and often explain success and failure. How does the history of U.S. foreign relations appear differently when viewed through the lens of ideology? This book explores the ideological landscape of international relations from the colonial era to the present. Contributors examine ideologies developed to justify—or resist—white settler colonialism and free-trade imperialism, and they discuss the role of nationalism in immigration policy. The book reveals new insights on the role of ideas at the intersection of U.S. foreign and domestic policy and politics. It shows how the ideals coded as “civilization,” “freedom,” and “democracy” legitimized U.S. military interventions and enabled foreign leaders to turn American power to their benefit. The book traces the ideological struggle over competing visions of democracy and of American democracy’s place in the world and in history. It highlights sources beyond the realm of traditional diplomatic history, including nonstate actors and historically marginalized voices. Featuring the foremost specialists as well as rising stars, this book offers a foundational statement on the intellectual history of U.S. foreign policy.