Avoiding trivia : the role of strategic planning in American foreign policy / Daniel W. Drezner, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Drezner, Daniel W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Planning.

United States--Foreign relations--Planning.

United States.

Strategic planning--United States.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

viii, 190 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2009]

Summary:

"Critically assesses the past, future, and potential future role and impact of long-term strategic planning in foreign policy. Key figures from past decades of foreign policy and planning provide authoritative insight on the difficulties and importance of thinking and acting in a coherent way for the long term"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction

The challenging future of strategic planning in foreign policy / Daniel W. Drezner

pt. 2. Grand strategy and policy planning

Planning for policy planning / Richard N. Haass

A road map for American leadership in a changing world / David F. Gordon and Daniel Twining

A "return to normalcy"?: the future of America's internationalism / Jeffrey W. Legro

pt. 3. Reforming strategic planning

An integrative executive branch strategy for policy planning / Bruce W. Jentleson

Strengthening U.S. strategic planning / Aaron L. Friedberg

A strategic planning cell on national security at the White House / Peter Feaver and William Inboden

pt. 4. Limits and opportunities for strategic planning

Why the best is not yet to come in policy planning / Amy B. Zegart

Learning the right lessons from the 1940s / Thomas Wright

Foreign policy planning through a private sector lens / Andrew P.N. Erdmann

The garbage can framework for locating policy planning / Stephen D. Krasner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815703068

0815703066

OCLC:

294886453