Outlier States

by Litwak, Robert S.

• ISBN13: 9781421408125
• ISBN10: 1421408120
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-04
• Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Pr

Summary

In the Bush era, Iran and North Korea were branded "rogue" states for flouting international norms, and the administration's goal was to change their regimes. The Obama administration has chosen instead to call them nuclear "outliers" and has proposed new means to bring them into "the community of nations." Outlier States, the successor to Litwak's Regime Change: U.S. Strategy through the Prism of 9/11 (2007), explores this significant policy adjustment and raises questions about its feasibility and possible consequences. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Robert S. Litwak is Vice President for Scholars and Director of International Security Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is author of Rogue States and U.S. Foreign Policy: Containment after the Cold War (2000) and Regime Change: U.S. Strategy through the Prism of 9/11 (2007).

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Outlier States and International Society	p. 9
Policy Shifts in Washington	p. 10
Power Shifts in the International System	p. 19
The Anarchical Society Revisited	p. 25
Pathways into the "Community of Nations"	p. 41
The Assimilation of a Defeated Great Power	p. 43
The Evolution of Revolutionary States	p. 48
Regime Change from Without	p. 64
Regime Change from Within	p. 70
Assessment and Implications	p. 78
Strategies to Contain, Engage, or Change	p. 87
Sources of Outlier Conduct	p. 89
Iraq: "Rogue" Rollback	p. 98
Libya: U.S.-Assisted Regime Change	p. 111
Assessment and Implications	p. 122
Nuclear Outliers	p. 129
Proliferation Dynamics and U.S. Policy	p. 131
North Korea: A Failed State with Nuclear Weapons	p. 138
Iran: A Nation or a Cause?	p. 153
Living with Nuclear Outliers	p. 168
Conclusion	p. 177
Appendix: Excerpts from National Security Strategy Documents of September 2002 and May 2010	p. 189
Notes	p. 199
Index	p. 229
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