Elusive Balances
Title | Elusive Balances PDF eBook |
Author | Prashanth Parameswaran |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 223 |
Release | 2022-01-13 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9811666121 |
This book undertakes an in-depth examination of the dynamics of commitment in U.S.-Southeast Asia strategy. Drawing on cases including the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam and Washington’s pivot to Asia amid China’s growing regional role, it constructs an original balance of commitment model to explain continuity and change in U.S.-Southeast Asia policy. Balance of commitment goes beyond balance of power approaches to explains how translating Southeast Asia’s importance in U.S. thinking into actual commitments has proven challenging for policymakers as it requires simultaneously calibrating adjustments to power shifts, threat perceptions and resource extraction. The book applies the balance of commitment approach to several practical case studies, based on hundreds of conversations with policymakers and experts in the United States and Southeast Asia, personal experiences across nearly two decades and primary and secondary source material across a half-century. The findings suggest that the challenges of U.S. commitment to the region are rooted not simply in differences between administrations or divergences in outlook between Washington and regional capitals, but tough balancing acts for U.S. policymakers in domestic politics and wider foreign policy. As such, shaping U.S. strategy in Southeast Asia and calibrating and sustaining commitment requires not just appreciating Southeast Asia’s significance, but committing to the region in ways that manage structural aspects of U.S. thinking, capabilities and resourcing.
The Elusive Balance
Title | The Elusive Balance PDF eBook |
Author | William Curti Wohlforth |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 2023-08-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1501738089 |
Concentrating on the period between 1945 and 1989, The Elusive Balance reevaluates Soviet and U.S. perceptions of the balance of power. William Curti Wohlforth uses a comparative and long-term approach to chart the diplomatic history of relations between the two countries. He offers new interpretations of the onset, course, and end of the Cold War, and the motivations behind Soviet behavior.
The Elusive Balance
Title | The Elusive Balance PDF eBook |
Author | Hokkaidō Daigaku. Surabu Kenkyū Sentā |
Publisher | |
Pages | 203 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9784938637545 |
World Out of Balance
Title | World Out of Balance PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen G. Brooks |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2008-07-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781400837601 |
World Out of Balance is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the constraints on the United States' use of power in pursuit of its security interests. Stephen Brooks and William Wohlforth overturn conventional wisdom by showing that in a unipolar system, where the United States is dominant in the scales of world power, the constraints featured in international relations theory are generally inapplicable. In fact, the authors argue that the U.S. will not soon lose its leadership position; rather, it stands before a twenty-year window of opportunity for reshaping the international system. Although American primacy in the world is unprecedented, analysts routinely stress the limited utility of such preeminence. The authors examine arguments from each of the main international relations theories--realism, institutionalism, constructivism, and liberalism. They also cover the four established external constraints on U.S. security policy--international institutions, economic interdependence, legitimacy, and balancing. The prevailing view is that these external constraints conspire to undermine the value of U.S. primacy, greatly restricting the range of security policies the country can pursue. Brooks and Wohlforth show that, in actuality, the international environment does not tightly constrain U.S. security policy. World Out of Balance underscores the need for an entirely new research agenda to better understand the contours of international politics and the United States' place in the world order.
Under-Rewarded Efforts
Title | Under-Rewarded Efforts PDF eBook |
Author | Santiago Levy Algazi |
Publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2018-07-11 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1597823058 |
Why has an economy that has done so many things right failed to grow fast? Under-Rewarded Efforts traces Mexico’s disappointing growth to flawed microeconomic policies that have suppressed productivity growth and nullified the expected benefits of the country’s reform efforts. Fast growth will not occur doing more of the same or focusing on issues that may be key bottlenecks to productivity growth elsewhere, but not in Mexico. It will only result from inclusive institutions that effectively protect workers against risks, redistribute towards those in need, and simultaneously align entrepreneurs’ and workers’ incentives to raise productivity.
The Burroughs Clearing House
Title | The Burroughs Clearing House PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 904 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | Banks and banking |
ISBN |
United States Economist, and Dry Goods Reporter
Title | United States Economist, and Dry Goods Reporter PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1124 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Fashion |
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