US Foreign Policy After the Cold War: Global Hegemon or Reluctant Sheriff?

by Fraser Cameron;

• ISBN13: 9780415358651
• ISBN10: 0415358655
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-10-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The second edition ofUS Foreign Policy after the Cold Warprovides a comprehensive introduction to the main actors and machinery of American foreign policy. It also offers an assessment of the foreign policy records of the Clinton and the two Bush administrations. It examines how America struggled to find a defining role in the decade after the Cold War and then assesses the revolution in US foreign and security policy brought about as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It charts the unilateralist trends in the first George W Bush administration and suggests that there may be some changes in foreign policy during the second four years as a result of the experience of going-it-alone on Iraq. The book provides an inside account of the major actors in US foreign policy - the White House, the State Department, Pentagon, intelligence agencies, Congress, media and public opinion. It then considers the priorities of US foreign policy including: Terrorism Rogue states The promotion of democracy Trade The Middle East Europe Asia It also contains an overview of the debate about the direction of US foreign policy within the US and analyses the implications of American power for the rest of the world. This book is essential reading for professionals and academics with interests in the United States, international politics and international relations.

Table of Contents

List of figures	ix
List of tables	x
Preface	xi
List of abbreviations	xiv
Introduction	xvi
From colony to superpower	1	(12)
Key facts	2	(1)
The American century	2	(1)
The reluctant internationalist	3	(2)
The two world wars	5	(2)
The Cold War	7	(2)
Case study: the Vietnam War	9	(2)
Conclusion	11	(1)
Selected further reading	11	(2)
The post-Cold War years	13	(21)
Key facts	14	(1)
President George H. W. Bush	14	(1)
Case study: the Gulf War	15	(3)
President Bill Clinton	18	(2)
Case study: the US and Somalia	20	(4)
Case study: the US and the Balkans	24	(3)
Party differences	27	(1)
President George W. Bush	28	(5)
Conclusion	33	(1)
Selected further reading	33	(1)
The executive branch	34	(32)
Key facts	35	(1)
Increasing number of actors	35	(1)
The President	36	(3)
The Vice President	39	(1)
The National Security Council	40	(5)
The State Department	45	(8)
The Department of Defense (Pentagon)	53	(7)
The intelligence community	60	(4)
Department of Homeland Security	64	(1)
Conclusion	64	(1)
Selected further reading	64	(2)
The role of Congress	66	(16)
Key facts	67	(1)
Overview	67	(2)
Case study: organization of Congress	69	(1)
The main foreign policy committees	70	(1)
Congressional powers	71	(2)
Case study: fast track/trade promotion authority	73	(2)
The informal process	75	(1)
The President and Congress	76	(2)
Changes in Congress	78	(2)
Conclusion	80	(1)
Selected further reading	81	(1)
The domestic environment	82	(20)
Key facts	83	(1)
The changing body politic	83	(2)
The new immigration	85	(1)
Increasing power of lobbies	86	(8)
Business and unions	94	(1)
Case study: the US and global warming (the Kyoto Protocol)	94	(3)
Other non-governmental organizations (NGOs)	97	(1)
Case study: think tanks	98	(1)
Foreign influences	99	(1)
Conclusion	100	(1)
Selected further reading	100	(2)
The media and public opinion	102	(16)
Key facts	103	(1)
Public attitudes	103	(1)
Declining media coverage	104	(1)
Case study: the media and Elian Gonzalez	105	(1)
The media and warfare	106	(2)
The CNN effect	108	(1)
Polling results	109	(3)
Multilateralism and international institutions	112	(4)
Conclusion	116	(1)
Selected further reading	117	(1)
Foreign trade, the economy and globalization	118	(18)
Key facts	119	(1)
From protectionism to free trade	119	(2)
Multilateral, regional, and bilateral approaches	121	(2)
Case study: the US and a new trade round	123	(1)
The making of trade policy	124	(1)
Trade deficits	125	(2)
Dollar diplomacy	127	(2)
The US and globalization	129	(3)
Case study: the US and oil	132	(2)
Conclusion	134	(1)
Selected further reading	135	(1)
Terrorism and the Iraq War	136	(19)
Key facts	137	(1)
The response to 11 September	137	(2)
Why do they hate us?	139	(3)
Rogue states and the terrorist list	142	(1)
Policy dilemmas	143	(3)
Policy options	146	(3)
Homeland defense	149	(1)
Case study: The Iraq War	150	(3)
Conclusion	153	(1)
Selected further reading	153	(2)
US foreign policy priorities	155	(25)
Key facts	156	(1)
Spending priorities	156	(1)
Missile defense	157	(2)
The United Nations	159	(2)
Europe	161	(3)
Case study: the US and the EU	164	(2)
Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia	166	(1)
Asia	167	(3)
Latin America	170	(3)
Middle East	173	(2)
Africa	175	(1)
Case study: the US and HIV/AIDS	176	(2)
Conclusion	178	(1)
Selected further reading	178	(2)
Hegemon and sheriff	180	(14)
Key facts	181	(1)
Quid America?	181	(1)
Unilateralism v. multilateralism	182	(3)
Global hegemon	185	(2)
The reluctant sheriff	187	(2)
The new realism	189	(3)
Conclusion	192	(1)
Selected further reading	192	(2)
Conclusion: What kind of leadership?	194	(12)
Key facts	195	(1)
Who makes US foreign policy?	195	(1)
The world in 2015	196	(2)
Is the past a guide to the future?	198	(1)
The ugly American	199	(2)
The end of the post-Cold War era?	201	(3)
Number one -- for how long?	204	(2)
Glossary	206	(2)
Selected key dates	208	(2)
Appendix 1	210	(2)
Appendix 2	212	(1)
Bibliography	213	(10)
Index	223