Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for AmericaCato Institute, 2008 - 258 páginas Foreign policy expert Ted Galen Carpenter confronts the global challenges America faces, outlining a practical strategy that protects America's security while avoiding unnecessary and unrewarding military adventures. He looks at how U.S. forces remain mired in a nation-building mission in Iraq, while disagreements over Iraq policy and other matters have soured Washington's relations with long-time European allies. |
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Where Are the WMDs? | 27 |
Warning Signs in Iraq | 33 |
Iraqi Elections | 43 |
Washingtons Masochistic Policy in Iraq | 50 |
The First Step in Mitigating the Iraq Debacle | 56 |
How Exactly Is Iraq Like South Korea or Germany? | 62 |
Acid Test for North Korea | 143 |
A Nuisance Not a Threat | 149 |
THE DANGEROUS TAIWAN ISSUE | 155 |
Beijing Smothers Hong Kongand Drives Taiwan Farther Away | 163 |
How China Can Cool Row with Taiwan | 170 |
The Bush Administration Snubs Taiwan | 176 |
A DELICATE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA | 183 |
Americas Troubling New Alliance with Beijing | 189 |
AFGHANISTAN | 65 |
Focus on Terror Not Drugs | 71 |
How the U S Should Wage | 84 |
Drug Prohibition Is a Terrorists Best Friend | 90 |
ATTEMPTING TO HEAD OFF WAR AGAINST IRAN | 97 |
U S Snub of Iran Is Wrong Response | 104 |
Evidence Suggests Iran Wouldnt Pull Nuclear Trigger | 115 |
United States Cant Do the Impossible in Middle East | 122 |
Democracy and Demagoguery in the Middle East | 130 |
North Korea Crisis Exposes U S Risks | 137 |
NATO THE BALKANS AND RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA | 199 |
Time to Disagree without Being Disagreeable | 205 |
U S Allies Bring Little to the Table in Iraq and Afghanistan | 212 |
Trumpeting Another Phony Breakthrough | 221 |
Is Mexico the Next Colombia? | 224 |
Mexicos Drug Trade | 230 |
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FOREIGN POLICY AND DOMESTIC LIBERTY | 237 |
A Useless and Intrusive PR Display | 246 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America Ted Galen Carpenter Vista previa limitada - 2008 |
Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America Ted Galen Carpenter Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |
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