Readings in American Foreign Policy

Problems and Responses

Edited by Glenn P. Hastedt

Not available to order

Publication date:

28 August 2017

Length of book:

312 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781538100813

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Readings in American Foreign Policy delivers a contemporary introduction to America’s role in world affairs. Useful alone or as a supplementary reader for undergraduate American foreign policy courses, the second edition focuses on the most current problems and how to interpret them. Readings are divided into six parts and each part opens with an introductory essay providing students with a historical framework and “big picture” questions to guide comprehension. Each part incorporates a variety of sources, including not only articles from the most popular journals worldwide, but lesser known government documents and think tank pieces. By exposing students to a unique array of government policies and debates, Readings in American Foreign Policy prompts students to analyze policy making from multiple perspectives and to develop their own strategies toward evaluating policy positions.

Contents (* indicates New to this Edition)
Instructor Guide
Preface

Part I: Defining Foreign Policy
1*. The White House, “America First Foreign Policy,” and Barack Obama, “Remarks by the President on Winning the Nobel Peace Prize”
2. Robert Kagan, “Allure of Normalcy: What America Still Owes the World”
3. David C. Unger, “A Better Internationalism”
4. Barry R. Posen, “Pull Back: The Case for a Less Activist Foreign Policy”

Part II: Foreign Policy Challenges
5. Excerpts from the U.S. Intelligence Community, “Worldwide Threat Assessment”
6*. Excerpts from Christopher Wilson, “Growing Together: Economic Ties between the United States and Mexico”
7*. Excerpts from Jeffrey Bader, “A Framework for U.S. Policy toward China”
8*. Bastian Giegerich, “NATO’s Strategic Adaptation: The Warsaw Summit and Beyond”
9. Fawaz A. Gerges, “ISIS and the Third Wave of Jihadism”
10*. Excerpts from David Goldwyn, “The Outlook for Energy Policy Under a Trump Administration”

Part III: Societal Influences on U.S. Foreign Policy
11*. Robert Merry, “America’s History of Protectionism”
12*. Excerpts from Office of National Intelligence Director, “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in recent US Elections”
13*. Excerpts from A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner, “Millennials and U.S. Foreign Policy”
14. David J. Danelo, “The Courage Crisis”

Part IV: Institutions and U.S. Foreign Policy
15. Ken Gude, “Understanding Authorizations for the Use of Military Force”
16. Daniel L. Byman and Benjamin Wittes, “Reforming the NSA: How to Spy after Snowden”
17*. Glenn Hastedt, “The Trump Foreign Policy Transition”
18*. Excerpts from the National Commission on the Future of the Army, “The Army for the Future”

Part V: Responses
19*. Laura Kanji, “Moving Targets: The Evolution and Future of Smart Sanctions,”
20. Gareth Evans, “R2P: Looking Back, Looking Forward”
21. Clyde Prestowitz, “A Tale of Two Trade Deals”
22*. Franklin D. Kramer and Melanie J. Teplinsky, “Cybersecurity and Tailored Deterrence”
23*. H.R. McMaster, “The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy”

Part VI: Emerging Issues
24. Excerpt from the National Intelligence Council, “Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds”
25. Max Boot, “More Small Wars: Counterinsurgency Is Here to Stay”
26*. Excerpts from Taryn Fransen and Casey Cronin, “A Critical Decade for Climate Policy: Tools and Initiatives to Track Our Progress”
27. Michael J. Boyle, “Is the U.S. Drone War Effective?”
28. Michael T. Klare, “From Scarcity to Abundance: The New Geopolitics of Energy”