Barack Obama's post-American foreign policy [[electronic resource] ] : the limits of engagement / / Robert Singh

• Autore: Singh Robert
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Bloomsbury Academic, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 328.73092
• Soggetto topico: Presidents - United States - 21st century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations 2009-; United States Politics and government 2009-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-242) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 A Post-American Foreign Policy for the Post-American World; Introduction; Audacious No Longer: From the Fierce Urgency of Now to the Timidity of ""Hope""; Contextualizing Obama; Plan of the Book; 2 The ""Human Ink-Blot"": Obama, Foreign Policy and the 2008 Election; Introduction; ""I''ve Got a Confusion on Obama"": Cosmopolitan, Liberal Internationalist, Realist, Reaganite, Leftist?; The Stealth Candidate: Symbolism as Strategy (Hope) and Substance (Change); Commander-in-Chief/Cosmopolitan-in-Chief; Conclusion ; 3 The Obama Doctrine: ""Leading From Behind""Introduction; Obama''s Grand Strategy: Engagement; Implementing Strategic Engagement (2009-12); The Conservative Critique: Obama and the End of American Exceptionalism; Conclusion; 4 Afghanistan, Pakistan and the War on Terror; Introduction; Un-Declaring the War on Terror; From the Team of Rivals to Rival Teams; Pakistan: Failing State of Terror; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement in South Asia; 5 Iran; Introduction; Extending a Hand, Unclenching a Fist: Towards a ""Grand Bargain""; The Iranian Presidential Election Crisis of 2009 ; From Engagement to Sanctions to Regime ChangeEvaluating Obama''s Iran Strategy; Iraq; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement with Iran; 6 Israel, Palestine and the Arab Spring; Introduction; Obama''s Strategic Options; Israel and the Palestinian Territories; The Arab Spring: the Inevitable Surprise; Egypt; Libya; Syria; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement in the Middle East; 7 China; Introduction; US China Strategy for the 2010s: Peaceful Rise, Post-Ascent Aggression or Unpeaceful Collapse?; Obama and China: from Engagement to Hedging; Economic Relations ; Chinese Military Developments: Enter the DragonTaiwan; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement with China; 8 Russia; Introduction; Resetting Russian-American Relations; Missile Defense, New START, and Afghanistan; Missile Defense; New START; Afghanistan, Central Asia and the ""Post-Soviet Space""; Resetting the Reset?; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement with Russia; 9 Keep the Change: Continuity We Can Believe In; Introduction; The Four Limits of Strategic Engagement; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W ; YZ
• Sommario/riassunto: After one of the most controversial and divisive periods in the history of American foreign policy under President George W. Bush, the Obama administration was expected to make changes for the better in US relations with the wider world. Now, international problems confronting Obama appear more intractable, and there seems to be a marked continuity in policies between Obama and his predecessor. Robert Singh argues that Obama''s approach of ''strategic engagement'' was appropriate for a new era of constrained internationalism, but it has yielded modest results. Obama''s search for the pragmat
• Titolo autorizzato: Barack Obama's Post-American Foreign Policy
• ISBN: 1-78093-112-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910597897103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II