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A new foreign policy : beyond American exceptionalism / Jeffrey D. Sachs.

By: Sachs, Jeffrey [author.]Publisher: New York ; Chichester, West Sussex : Columbia University Press, 2018Description: xii, 253 pages : illustrations, mapsContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780231188487Subject(s): Exceptionalism -- United States | International economic relations | International cooperation | United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century | United States -- Foreign economic relations -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 327.73
Contents:
I. U.S. exceptionalism in a changing world -- From exceptionalism to internationalism -- Exceptionalism as the civic religion -- The era of global convergence -- Eurasia on the rise, America on the sidelines -- Russia-U.S. relations in the changing world order -- II. America's wars -- American imperialism and "wars of choice" -- Ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- North Korea and the doomsday clock -- Trump's new national security strategy -- III. U.S. foreign economic statecraft -- The economic balance sheet on "America first" -- Foreign policy populism -- Economic war with China -- Will Trump hand China the technological lead? -- Toward a world economy of regions -- IV. Renewing American diplomacy -- From diplomatic leader to rogue nation -- The ethics and practicalities of foreign aid -- Managing migration -- Achieving sustainable development -- A new foreign policy for American security and well-being.
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, emerging diseases, 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 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." -- Taken from dust jacket.
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I. U.S. exceptionalism in a changing world -- From exceptionalism to internationalism -- Exceptionalism as the civic religion -- The era of global convergence -- Eurasia on the rise, America on the sidelines -- Russia-U.S. relations in the changing world order -- II. America's wars -- American imperialism and "wars of choice" -- Ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- North Korea and the doomsday clock -- Trump's new national security strategy -- III. U.S. foreign economic statecraft -- The economic balance sheet on "America first" -- Foreign policy populism -- Economic war with China -- Will Trump hand China the technological lead? -- Toward a world economy of regions -- IV. Renewing American diplomacy -- From diplomatic leader to rogue nation -- The ethics and practicalities of foreign aid -- Managing migration -- Achieving sustainable development -- A new foreign policy for American security and well-being.

"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, emerging diseases, 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 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." -- Taken from dust jacket.

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