Statecraft 2.0 : what America needs to lead in a multipolar world /

Statecraft is about marrying objectives and means in foreign policy. It sounds simple, but - as America has learned in recent times - failure is all too frequent. In a newly multipolar world where the US is no longer dominant, America no longer has the luxury of getting it wrong, and its internation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ross, Dennis (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:Bridging the gap (Oxford University Press)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Statecraft in a world of disorder
  • Statecraft, its meaning, and why it is often done poorly
  • America's self-image, traditions, and role in the world
  • Different schools of thought about America's role in the world
  • German unification in NATO
  • Bosnia
  • Undoing Iraqi aggression in Kuwait
  • George W. Bush and the Iraq War : a tale of two terms
  • Syria : a debacle in every sense
  • Lessons of statecraft for today
  • Practicing statecraft : how to deal with China
  • Iran : what is necessary to conduct more effective statecraft
  • Vis-à-vis the Islamic Republic
  • The Israeli-Palestinian conflict : can statecraft work?
  • Conclusion : statecraft and new national security challenges.