A New Foreign Policy : Beyond American Exceptionalism / Jeffrey D. Sachs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sachs, Jeffrey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exceptionalism--United States.

Exceptionalism.

International economic relations.

International cooperation.

United States--Foreign relations--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The American Century began in 1941 and ended on January 20, 2017. While the United States remains a military giant and is still an economic powerhouse, it no longer dominates the world economy or geopolitics as it once did. The current turn toward nationalism and "America first" isolationism in foreign policy will not make America great. Instead, it represents the abdication of our responsibilities in the face of severe environmental threats, political upheaval, mass migration, and other global challenges.In this incisive and forceful book, Jeffrey D. Sachs provides the blueprint for a new foreign policy that embraces global cooperation, international law, and aspirations for worldwide prosperity-not nationalism and gauzy dreams of past glory. He argues that America's approach to the world must shift from military might and wars of choice to a commitment to shared objectives of sustainable development. Our pursuit of primacy has embroiled us in unwise and unwinnable wars, and it is time to shift from making war to making peace and time to embrace the opportunities that international cooperation offers. A New Foreign Policy explores both the danger of the "America first" mindset and the possibilities for a new way forward, proposing timely and achievable plans to foster global economic growth, reconfigure the United Nations for the twenty-first century, and build a multipolar world that is prosperous, peaceful, fair, and resilient.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

PART I: U.S. EXCEPTIONALISM IN A CHANGING WORLD

1. FROM EXCEPTIONALISM TO INTERNATIONALISM

2. EXCEPTIONALISM AS THE CIVIC RELIGION

3. THE ERA OF GLOBAL CONVERGENCE

4. EURASIA ON THE RISE, AMERICA ON THE SIDELINES

5. RUSSIA-U.S. RELATIONS IN THE CHANGING WORLD ORDER

PART II: AMERICA'S WARS

6. AMERICAN IMPERIALISM AND "WARS OF CHOICE"

7. ENDING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

8. NORTH KOREA AND THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK

9. TRUMP'S NEW NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY

PART III: U.S. FOREIGN ECONOMIC STATECRAFT

10. THE ECONOMIC BALANCE SHEET ON "AMERICA FIRST"

11. FOREIGN POLICY POPULISM

12. ECONOMIC WAR WITH CHINA

13. WILL TRUMP HAND CHINA THE TECHNOLOGICAL LEAD?

14. TOWARD A WORLD ECONOMY OF REGIONS

PART IV: RENEWING AMERICAN DIPLOMACY

15. FROM DIPLOMATIC LEADER TO ROGUE NATION

16. THE ETHICS AND PRACTICALITIES OF FOREIGN AID

17. MANAGING MIGRATION

18. ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

19. A NEW FOREIGN POLICY FOR AMERICAN SECURITY AND WELL-BEING

Acknowledgements

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Sep 2018)

ISBN:

9780231547888

0231547889

OCLC:

1028584983