Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide

by Chollet; Derek

• ISBN13: 9780415962278
• ISBN10: 0415962277
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-11-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide brings together twenty leading foreign policy and national security specialistsa??some of the leading thinkers of their generationa??to seek common ground on ten key, controversial areas of policy. In each chapter conservative and liberal experts jointly outline their points of agreement on many of the most pressing issues in U.S. foreign policy, pointing the way toward a more constructive debate. In doing so, the authors move past philosophical differences and identify effective approaches to the major national security challenges confronting the United States. An outgrowth of a Stanley Foundation initiative, this book shows what happens when specialists take a fresh look at politically sensitive issues purely on their merits and present an alternative to the distortions and oversimplifications of today's polarizing political environment.

Table of Contents

Preface, David Shorr Introduction

America and the Use of Force: Sources of Legitimacy

How to Keep From Overselling or Underestimating the United Nations

The Cost of Confusion: Resolving Ambiguities in Detainee Treatment

Course Correction in America's War on Terror

The Case for Larger Ground Forces

A Full-Court Press Against Nuclear Anarchy

Keeping Tabs on China's Rise

Are We All Nation-Builders Now?

Should Democracy Be Promoted or Demoted?

In Defense of Values

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