America and the World : Debating the New Shape of International Politics

by FOREIGN AFFAIRS

• ISBN13: 9780876093153
• ISBN10: 0876093152
• Edition: 00
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-11-17
• Publisher: FGN AFF

Summary

A comprehensive survey of the key debates that shape U.S. foreign policy today. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union ushered in a new era of international politics, one that people have been trying to get a handle on ever since. This collection is a record of the best attempts at that task over the last dozen years. It brings together many powerful and well-stocked mindsfrom Francis Fukuyama and Samuel P. Huntington to Fouad Ajami, Fareed Zakaria, and Robert Kaplan all trying to figure out what forces are driving world events and how Americans should respond. What is more important, ideology, culture, or power? What lies ahead, order or chaos? What is democracy? How strong is the United States, and for what purposes should it use its strength? How vulnerable is it, and what must it do for protection? The authors gathered here address these and many other questions, often directly engaging each others' arguments and educating the rest of us in the process. Originally published in Foreign Affairs and eight other leading journals and magazines, the articles constitute an essential reading list for anyone interested in contemporary international relations. Contributors include Fouad Ajami, Richard K. Betts, Ladan Boroumand & Roya Boroumand, Stephen G. Brooks & William C. Wohlforth, George W. Bush, David Dollar & Aart Kraay, Michael Scott Doran, Francis Fukuyama, Samuel P. Huntington, G. John Ikenberry, Kim Dae Jung, Robert D. Kaplan, Charles A. Kupchan, Dani Rodrik, Stephen M. Walt, Fareed Zakaria

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Gideon Rose
The End of History?	1	(28)
Francis Fukuyama
The National Interest --- Summer 1989
No Exit: The Errors of Endism	29	(14)
Samuel P. Huntington
The National Interest --- Fall 1989
The Clash of Civilizations?	43	(28)
Samuel P. Huntington
Foreign Affairs --- Summer 1993
The Summoning	71	(10)
Fouad Ajami
Foreign Affairs --- September/October 1993
The Coming Anarchy	81	(38)
Robert D. Kaplan
The Atlantic Monthly --- February 1994
The Myth of Post-Cold War Chaos	119	(13)
G. John Ikenberry
Foreign Affairs --- May/June 1996
The Rise of Illiberal Democracy	132	(22)
Fareed Zakaria
Foreign Affairs --- November/December 1997
Liberalism and Democracy	154	(14)
Marc F. Plattner
Foreign Affairs --- March/April 1998
Sense and Nonsense in the Globalization Debate	168	(16)
Dani Rodrik
Foreign Policy --- Summer 1997
Spreading the Wealth	184	(15)
David Dollar
Aart Kraay
Foreign Affairs --- January/February 2002
Life after Pax Americana	199	(12)
Charles A. Kupchan
World Policy Journal --- Fall 1999
Power and Weakness	211	(34)
Robert Kagan
Policy Review --- June/July 2002
American Primacy in Perspective	245	(15)
Stephen G. Brooks
William C. Wohlforth
Foreign Affairs --- July/August 2002
Why Do They Hate Us?	260	(18)
Fareed Zakaria
Newsweek --- October 15, 2001
Somebody Else's Civil War	278	(21)
Michael Scott Doran
Foreign Affairs --- January/February 2002
Terror, Islam, and Democracy	299	(21)
Ladan Boroumand
Roya Boroumand
Journal of Democracy --- April 2002
Beyond bin Laden: Reshaping U.S. Foreign Policy	320	(28)
Stephen M. Walt
International Security --- Winter 2001/2002
The New Threat of Mass Destruction	348	(16)
Richard K. Betts
Foreign Affairs --- January/February 1998
West Point Commencement Speech	364	(8)
President George W. Bush
Remarks by the President at 2002 Graduation Exercise of the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
America's Imperial Ambition	372
G. John Ikenberry
Foreign Affairs --- September/October 2002