Robert G. Kaufman
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813167206
- eISBN:
- 9780813167749
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813167206.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
The main argument is that President Obama’s foreign and national security policy reflects a coherent set of assumptions and premises constituting a Doctrine. The book argues further that the Obama ...
More
The main argument is that President Obama’s foreign and national security policy reflects a coherent set of assumptions and premises constituting a Doctrine. The book argues further that the Obama Doctrine dangerously repudiates the legacy of robust internationalism that has successfully guided American foreign policy since World War II. It argues the Obama Doctrine has made matters significantly worse in the world’s three most important geopolitical regions: Europe; the Middle East, and East Asia. It advocates some version of moral democratic realism, most characteristic of the presidencies of Harry Truman, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush, as the most prudent alternative that is consistent with American ideals and self-interest.Less
The main argument is that President Obama’s foreign and national security policy reflects a coherent set of assumptions and premises constituting a Doctrine. The book argues further that the Obama Doctrine dangerously repudiates the legacy of robust internationalism that has successfully guided American foreign policy since World War II. It argues the Obama Doctrine has made matters significantly worse in the world’s three most important geopolitical regions: Europe; the Middle East, and East Asia. It advocates some version of moral democratic realism, most characteristic of the presidencies of Harry Truman, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush, as the most prudent alternative that is consistent with American ideals and self-interest.
Eric Helleiner
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199973637
- eISBN:
- 9780190203207
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199973637.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
Although the 2008 financial crisis has had a much less dramatic impact on global financial governance than many initially expected, could it have more transformative effects over the longer term? ...
More
Although the 2008 financial crisis has had a much less dramatic impact on global financial governance than many initially expected, could it have more transformative effects over the longer term? Three scenarios of transformative legacies can be envisioned. Under the first scenario, the longer term legacy of the crisis would involve a strengthening of liberal multilateral features of global financial governance. The second scenario anticipates the opposite outcome: global financial governance becomes characterized by growing fragmentation and conflict between the major powers. A third scenario of “cooperative decentralization” sits between the first and second: multilateralism would remain an important feature of global financial governance but it would serve a more decentralized order. A fourth scenario for global financial governance is also possible in which the status quo endures if there are no major shifts in the power and interests of dominant states in the coming years.Less
Although the 2008 financial crisis has had a much less dramatic impact on global financial governance than many initially expected, could it have more transformative effects over the longer term? Three scenarios of transformative legacies can be envisioned. Under the first scenario, the longer term legacy of the crisis would involve a strengthening of liberal multilateral features of global financial governance. The second scenario anticipates the opposite outcome: global financial governance becomes characterized by growing fragmentation and conflict between the major powers. A third scenario of “cooperative decentralization” sits between the first and second: multilateralism would remain an important feature of global financial governance but it would serve a more decentralized order. A fourth scenario for global financial governance is also possible in which the status quo endures if there are no major shifts in the power and interests of dominant states in the coming years.
