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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789992703321

Autore

Skidmore David

Titolo

The Unilateralist Temptation in American Foreign Policy [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

0-203-83972-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Collana

Foreign Policy Analysis

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

Unilateral acts (International law)

United States - Foreign relations - 1989-

United States --Foreign relations --1989-

Law, Politics & Government

International Relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; The Unilateralist Temptation in American Foreign Policy; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; 1. The Unilateralist Turn in U.S. Foreign Policy; 2. The International and Domestic Sources of Unilateralism; 3. Structure and Ideology in U.S. Foreign Policy: Clinton and BushCompared; 4. The United States and International Public Goods; 5. Reconfiguring the Terms of U.S. Engagement with InternationalInstitutions; 6. Barack Obama and the Unilateralist Temptation; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The pattern of multilateral engagement and unilateral retrenchment in American foreign policy from the Cold War through the Clinton, Bush, and Obama years presents a puzzle. What accounts for the unilateralist turn? Is it a passing aberration attributable to the neoconservative ideology of the Bush administration? What then of the disengagement evident earlier during Clinton's presidency, or its continuation under Obama? Was the U.S. investment in multilateral institutions following World War II an anomaly? Or is the more recent retreat from international institutions the irregularity?<