Power and Superpower

by Halperin, Morton H.; Laurenti, Jeffrey; Rundlet, Peter; Boyer, Spencer P.

• ISBN13: 9780870785092
• ISBN10: 0870785095
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-07
• Publisher: Century Foundation

Summary

The United States entered the twenty-first century as a global leader, emulated for its ideals as much as it is respected for its power to shape events. American leadership served as the bedrock for the international order, promoting prosperity and peace both at home and abroad. But in the first years of the new century, U.S. foreign policy--exemplified by war in Iraq, the rejection of international treaties, and disregard for traditional allies--gave the impression to many that the United States had abandoned that leadership role in favor of one premised on military power.In Power and Superpower, some of the United States' most distinguished and experienced policymakers and experts outline a foreign policy that would allow America to reclaim its status as a reliable and visionary global leader. The essays identify the pressing foreign policy issues currently facing the United States and provide analysis to underpin a progressive foreign policy that would call upon all of America's strengths and respect the commitments we share with the rest of the world.Contributors include Madeleine Albright (former secretary of state), Yaeli Bloch-Elkon (Columbia University), Nancy Birdsall (Center for Global Development), Mark Malloch Brown (deputy secretary general, United Nations),Wesley K. Clark (U.S.Army, ret.), Eileen Claussen (Pew Center on Global Climate Change), Ivo H. Daalder (Brookings), Elliot Diringer (Pew Center on Global Climate Change), James Dobbins (RAND Corporation), David P. Forsythe (University of Nebraska--Lincoln), Ken Gude (Center for American Progress), Charles A. Kupchan (Georgetown University), Robert Kuttner (American Prospect), Robert Z. Lawrence (Harvard University), Jim Leach (former U.S. representative, Iowa), Richard C. Leone (The Century Foundation), Michael McFaul (Stanford University), Stewart Patrick (Center for Global Development), John D. Podesta (Center for American Progress), Susan Rice (Brookings Institution), John G. Ruggie (Harvard University), William F. Schulz (Center for American Progress), Robert Y. Shapiro (Columbia University), Gayle Smith (Center for American Progress), George Soros (Open Society Institute), James B. Steinberg (Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas), Daniel Tarullo (Georgetown University), Peter L.Trubowitz (University of Texas at Austin), and Milan Vaishnav (Center for Global Development).

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: A World of Rules	p. 7
American Exceptionalism and the U.S. Role in the World	p. 17
The Roots of Liberal Internationalism: Lessons from the Past	p. 23
Ideological Partisanship and American Public Opinion toward Foreign Policy	p. 49
Global Leadership: American Exceptionalism in a Changing World Order	p. 69
Law v. Legitimacy: Obligation and Justification in America's Foreign Relations	p. 89
Force and Enforcement	p. 109
Force and Legitimacy in the Post-9/11 Era: What Principles Should Guide the United States?	p. 121
Operations Other Than War: Alternatives to the Traditional Uses of Military Power	p. 145
Renewing the Nuclear Bargain	p. 161
Human Rights, Democracy, and Changing Notions of State Sovereignty	p. 177
Strengthening Weak States: A Twenty-First Century Imperative	p. 189
The Promise of Democracy Promotion	p. 209
"Grab Whom You Must: Do What You Want": U.S. Exceptionalism and the "War on Terror,"	p. 235
Global Economy	p. 251
Trade Policy: The Exception to American Exceptionalism?	p. 259
Freedom from Want: American Exceptionalism and Global Development	p. 277
The Pivotal Power: The United States and Climate Change	p. 301
Standards for Trade	p. 317
Power and Superpower: Global Leadership in the 21st Century: Security and Peace Initiative Conference, New York, June 6, 2006	p. 327
Remarks	p. 329
Remarks	p. 335
Remarks	p. 343
Remarks	p. 355
Notes	p. 359
Index	p. 413
About the Contributors	p. 435
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