Right And Wrong In Foreign Policy

Author : Felix E. Oppenheim
Publisher : Free Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015019829624

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The Place of Morality in Foreign Policy by Felix E. Oppenheim Pdf

Oppenheim (political science, U. of Massachusetts) examines the question of when it is relevant, and when not, to judge relations between governments from a moral perspective. He considers the state as actor, national interest, and nuclear weapons; and cites examples from the Munich Pact to the Iraqi War. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Joseph S. Nye
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 9780190935962

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Do Morals Matter? by Joseph S. Nye Pdf

What is the role of ethics in American foreign policy? The Trump Administration has elevated this from a theoretical question to front-page news. Should ethics even play a role, or should we only focus on defending our material interests? In Do Morals Matter? Joseph S. Nye provides a concise yet penetrating analysis of how modern American presidents have-and have not-incorporated ethics into their foreign policy. Nye examines each presidency during theAmerican era post-1945 and scores them on the success they achieved in implementing an ethical foreign policy. Alongside this, he evaluates their leadership qualities, explaining which approaches work and which ones do not.

Author : Judith Goldstein,Robert O. Keohane
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501724992

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Ideas and Foreign Policy by Judith Goldstein,Robert O. Keohane Pdf

Do people's beliefs help to explain foreign policy decisions, or is political activity better understood as the self-interested behavior of key actors? The collaborative effort of a group of distinguished scholars, this volume breaks new ground in demonstrating how ideas can shape policy, even when actors are motivated by rational self-interest. After an introduction outlining a new framework for approaching the role of ideas in foreign policy making, well-crafted case studies test the approach. The function of ideas as "road maps" that reduce uncertainty is examined in chapters on human rights, decolonialization, the creation of socialist economies in China and Eastern Europe, and the postwar Anglo-American economic settlement. Discussions of parliamentary ideas in seventeenth-century England and of the Single European Act illustrate the role of ideas in resolving problems of coordination. The process by which ideas are institutionalized is further explored in chapters on the Peace of Westphalia and on German and Japanese efforts to cope with contemporary terrorism.

Author : Charles F. Hermann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136622465

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When Things Go Wrong by Charles F. Hermann Pdf

The question of how to deal with adverse feedback to high-stakes foreign policy speaks to a number of important, current scenarios in international relations. The esteemed contributors to this book offer explanations and illustrative case studies of critical choice points in foreign and national security policy. Competing theories from several of disciplines, primarily psychology, political science, and management, offer insights into a subject that has been very little studied in foreign policy, yet is as current as today’s headlines.

Author : James Eayrs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1966 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:59828818

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Right and Wrong in Foreign Policy by James Eayrs Pdf

Author : Stanley Hoffmann
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1981-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815601689

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Duties Beyond Borders by Stanley Hoffmann Pdf

Can moral behavior exist in a world of states? Under what conditions? Where if at all, do norms for moral behavior, considerations of right and wrong, fit int the relations between states? Drawing upon many historical examples, Stanley Hoffmann examines the complex questions of whether or not ethical action is possible in international politics and, if it is, what are the obstacles and constraints? Duties Beyond Borders tries to answer these questions and to suggest a course of “ethical politics” based on a pragmatic, realistic approach to international politics.

Author : Anatol Lieven Senior Associate for Foreign and Security Policy Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0198037678

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America Right or Wrong : An Anatomy of American Nationalism by Anatol Lieven Senior Associate for Foreign and Security Policy Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Pdf

"America keeps a fine house," Anatol Lieven writes, "but in its cellar there lives a demon, whose name is nationalism." In this controversial critique of America's role in the world, Lieven contends that U.S. foreign policy since 9/11 has been shaped by the special character of our national identity, which embraces two contradictory features. One, "The American Creed," is a civic nationalism which espouses liberty, democracy, and the rule of law. It is our greatest legacy to the world. But our almost religious belief in the "Creed" creates a tendency toward a dangerously "messianic" element in American nationalism, the desire to extend American values and American democracy to the whole world, irrespective of the needs and desires of others. The other feature, populist (or what is sometimes called "Jacksonian") nationalism, has its roots in an aggrieved, embittered, and defensive White America, centered largely in the American South. Where the "Creed" is optimistic and triumphalist, Jacksonian nationalism is fed by a profound pessimism and a sense of personal, social, religious, and sectional defeat. Lieven examines how these two antithetical impulses have played out in recent US policy, especially in the Middle East and in the nature of U.S. support for Israel. He suggests that in this region, the uneasy combination of policies based on two contradictory traditions have gravely undermined U.S. credibility and complicated the war against terrorism. It has never been more vital that Americans understand our national character. This hard-hitting critique directs a spotlight on the American political soul and on the curious mixture of chauvinism and idealism that has driven the Bush administration.

Author : Robert M. Gates
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307959485

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Duty by Robert M. Gates Pdf

From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he’d long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happily serving as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty.

Author : Godfrey Hodgson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Exceptionalism
ISBN : 0300125704

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The Myth of American Exceptionalism by Godfrey Hodgson Pdf

The idea that the United States is destined to spread its unique gifts of democracy and capitalism to other countries is dangerous for Americans and for the rest of the world, warns Godfrey Hodgson in this provocative book. Hodgson, a shrewd and highly respected British commentator, argues that America is not as exceptional as it would like to think; its blindness to its own history has bred a complacent nationalism and a disastrous foreign policy that has isolated and alienated it from the global community. Tracing the development of America’s high self regard from the early days of the republic to the present era, Hodgson demonstrates how its exceptionalism has been systematically exaggerated and—in recent decades—corrupted. While there have been distinct and original elements in America’s history and political philosophy, notes Hodgson, these have always been more heavily influenced by European thought and experience than Americans have been willing to acknowledge. A stimulating and timely assessment of how America’s belief in its exceptionalism has led it astray, this book is mandatory reading for its citizens, admirers, and detractors.

Author : R. Snyder,H. Bruck,B. Sapin,Valerie Hudson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230107526

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Foreign Policy Decision-Making (Revisited) by R. Snyder,H. Bruck,B. Sapin,Valerie Hudson Pdf

This classic work has helped shape the field of international relations and especially influenced scholars interested in how foreign policy is made. At a time when conventional wisdom and traditional approaches are being questioned, and when there is increased interest in the importance of process, the insights of Snyder, Bruck and Sapin have continuing and increased relevance. Prescient in its focus on the effects on foreign policy of individuals and their preconceptions, organizations and their procedures, and cultures and their values, "Foreign Policy Decision-Making" is of continued relevance for anyone seeking to understand the ways foreign policy is made. Their seminal framework is here complemented by two new chapters examining its influence on generations of scholars, the current state of the field, and areas for future research.

Author : Matthew Yglesias
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780470086223

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Heads in the Sand by Matthew Yglesias Pdf

Reveals the wrong-headed foreign policy stance of conservatives, neocons, and the Republican Party for what it is—aggressive nationalism. Yglesias reminds us of the rich tradition of liberal internationalism that, developed by Democrats, was used with great success by both Democratic and Republican administrations for more than fifty years. [from publisher description].

Author : Carleton University
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0773526625

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Visions of Canada by Carleton University Pdf

More than 20 public intellectuals provide their unique vision of Canada from the perspectives of the arts, sciences, economics, politics, and foreign relations. Contributors include Jacob Viner, F.R. Scott, Jean-Charles Falardeau, Harry Johnson, J.A. Corry, James Eayres, Kenneth Hare, Scott Gordon, Jane Jacobs, Maurice Strong, Mordecai Richler, John Hirsch, Guy Rocher, Charles Taylor, Stanley Roberts, Michael Kirby, John Meisel, Sylvia Ostry, Larkin Kerwin, Peter Lougheed, Mel Hurtig, Allan Gotlieb, Lise Bissonnette, and Bernard Ostry.

Author : Thomas G. Weiss
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781509507474

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What's Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix It by Thomas G. Weiss Pdf

Seven decades after its establishment, the United Nations and its system of related organizations and programs are perpetually in crisis. While the twentieth-century’s world wars gave rise to ground-breaking efforts at international organization in 1919 and 1945, today’s UN is ill-equipped to deal with contemporary challenges to world order. Neither the end of the Cold War nor the aftermath of 9/11 has led to the “next generation” of multilateral institutions. But what exactly is wrong with the UN that makes it incapable of confronting contemporary global challenges and, more importantly, can we fix it? In this revised and updated third edition of his popular text, leading scholar of global governance Thomas G. Weiss takes a diagnose-and-cure approach to the world organization’s inherent difficulties. In the first half of the book, he considers: the problems of international leadership and decision making in a world of self-interested states; the diplomatic complications caused by the artificial divisions between the industrialized North and the global South; the structural problems of managing the UN’s many overlapping jurisdictions, agencies, and bodies; and the challenges of bureaucracy and leadership. The second half shows how to mitigate these maladies and points the way to a world in which the UN’s institutional ills might be “cured.” Weiss’s remedies are not based on pious hopes of a miracle cure for the UN, but rather on specific and encouraging examples that could be replicated. With considered optimism and in contrast to received wisdom, he contends that substantial change is both plausible and possible.

Author : Benjamin I. Page,Marshall M. Bouton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 739 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226644592

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The Foreign Policy Disconnect by Benjamin I. Page,Marshall M. Bouton Pdf

With world affairs so troubled, what kind of foreign policy should the United States pursue? Benjamin Page and Marshall Bouton look for answers in a surprising place: among the American people. Drawing on a series of national surveys conducted between 1974 and 2004, Page and Bouton reveal that—contrary to conventional wisdom—Americans generally hold durable, coherent, and sensible opinions about foreign policy. Nonetheless, their opinions often stand in opposition to those of policymakers, usually because of different interests and values, rather than superior wisdom among the elite. The Foreign Policy Disconnect argues that these gaps between leaders and the public are harmful, and that by using public opinion as a guideline policymakers could craft a more effective, sustainable, and democratic foreign policy. Page and Bouton support this argument by painting a uniquely comprehensive portrait of the military, diplomatic, and economic foreign policies Americans favor. They show, for example, that protecting American jobs is just as important to the public as security from attack, a goal the current administration seems to pursue single-mindedly. And contrary to some officials’ unilateral tendencies, the public consistently and overwhelmingly favors cooperative multilateral policy and participation in international treaties. Moreover, Americans’ foreign policy opinions are seldom divided along the usual lines: majorities of virtually all social, ideological, and partisan groups seek a policy that pursues the goals of security and justice through cooperative means. Written in a clear and engaging style, The Foreign Policy Disconnect calls, in an original voice, for a more democratic approach to creating such a policy.

Author : Robert D. Blackwill
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : United States
ISBN : 0876097638

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Trump's Foreign Policies Are Better Than They Seem by Robert D. Blackwill Pdf

Blackwill examines in detail Trump's actions in a turbulent world in important policy areas, including the United States' relationships with its allies, its relationships with China and Russia, and its policies on the Middle East and climate change. This report acknowledges the persuasive points of Trump's critics, but at the same time seeks to perform exacting autopsies on their less convincing critiques.