Economic instruments of security policy : influencing choices of leaders / Gary M. Shiffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shiffman, Gary M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations--Political aspects.

National security--Economic aspects.

Terrorism--Prevention--Case studies.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

ix, 193 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

National security questions are fundamentally economic. National governments have at their disposal many economic instruments used for national security such as economic sanctions and foreign aid, international trade, international finance and efforts to attack the sources of funding for international terrorism. This book examines the economic policies at available to a head of state and addresses how best to measure the success of these tools. Detailed case studies throughout the book allow readers to understand the decision-making process and how to craft policies designed to influence specific outcomes.

Contents:

Part 1 The Individual

States Don't Make Decisions; People Do

The Economics of Autocracies Castro's Cuba in the 1990s and U.S. Sanctions

Part 2 The World

Democracies and the Politics of Trade

International Finance and Money as a Security Tool

Exchange Rate Choices Matter to National Security

Maximizing Over Time Through Lending and Borrowing

Curing Poverty Helps National Security

Tools Against Terrorists

International Law and Courts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.

ISBN:

1403949530

1403949646

OCLC:

63703973

Publisher Number:

9781403949530

9781403949646

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