Outlier States

American Strategies to Change, Contain, or Engage Regimes

AvRobert S. Litwak

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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In the Bush era Iran and North Korea were branded "rogue" states for their flouting of international norms, and changing their regimes was the administration's goal. The Obama administration has chosen instead to call the countries nuclear "outliers" and has proposed means other than regime change to bring them back into "the community of nations." "Outlier States", the successor to Litwak's influential "Regime Change: U.S. Strategy through the Prism of 9/11" (2007), explores this significant policy adjustment and raises questions about its feasibility and its possible consequences. Do international norms apply only to states' external behavior, as it might relate, for example, to nuclear proliferation and terrorism, or do they matter no less for states' internal behavior, as it might affect a population's human rights? What is the appropriate role for the United States in the process of reintegration? America's military power remains unmatched, but can the nation any longer shape singlehandedly an increasingly multi-polar international system? What do the precedents set in Iraq and Libya teach us about how current outliers can be integrated into the international community?And perhaps most important, how should the United States respond if outlier regimes eschew integration as a threat to their survival and continue to augment their nuclear capabilities?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-09-09
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9781421408125

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Robert S. Litwak is vice president for scholars and director of International Security Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center. He is author of Regime Change: U.S. Strategy through the Prism of 9/11.

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A fine and much recommended read for international studies collections. Midwest Book Review A very insightful book... Litwak is to be congratulated for his impressive contribution. -- Paiso Jamakar Biz India Magazine Nothing has bedeviled U.S. foreign policy more since the end of the Cold War than how to deal with a collection of despotic, hostile, and dangerous middle-tier states, such as Iran and North Korea. In this lucid and thoughtful book, Litwak compares the performances of the George W. Bush and Obama administrations in handling such foes. -- G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs Logically organized, conceptually clear, analytically robust and practically useful... Outlier States is destined to become the reference of choice for U.S. officials seeking a clear exposition of the policy dilemmas and options for bringing outlier states in from the cold. -- Stewart Patrick American Interest This is an authoritative, substantive, and well-written account that will be essential reading for students, scholars, and the attentive public who wish to understand the problems of outlier states and the policy changes they represent. -- Robert J. Lieber Perspectives on Politics

Innehållsförteckning

AbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Outlier States and International SocietyPolicy Shifts in WashingtonPower Shifts in the International SystemThe Anarchical Society Revisited2. Pathways into the "Community of Nations"The Assimilation of a Defeated Great PowerThe Evolution of Revolutionary StatesRegime Change from WithoutRegime Change from WithinAssessment and Implications3. Strategies to Contain, Engage, or ChangeSources of Outlier ConductIraq: "Rogue" RollbackLibya: U.S.-Assisted Regime ChangeAssessment and Implications4. Nuclear OutliersProliferation Dynamics and U.S. PolicyNorth Korea: A Failed State with Nuclear WeaponsIran: A Nation or a Cause?Living with Nuclear OutliersConclusionAppendix: Excerpts from National Security Strategy Documents of September 2002 and May 2010NotesIndex