A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Published by Columbia University Press 2018

A New Foreign Policy

Beyond American Exceptionalism

Jeffrey D. Sachs

https://doi.org/10.7312/sach18848

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About this book

Jeffrey D. Sachs presents timely and achievable plans to foster global economic growth and shift from war making to peacemaking. A New Foreign Policy explores both the danger of the “America first” mindset and the concrete steps the United States must take to build a multipolar world that is prosperous, peaceful, fair, and resilient.

Author / Editor information

Sachs Jeffrey D. :

Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor at Columbia University and serves as Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and professor of health policy and management at Columbia University. He is a New York Times best-selling author, and his books include The End of Poverty (2005), Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet (2008), The Price of Civilization (2011), To Move the World: JFK's Quest for Peace (2013), The Age of Sustainable Development (Columbia University Press, 2015) and Building the New American Economy (Columbia University Press, 2017).Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor at Columbia University and serves as Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and professor of health policy and management at Columbia University. He is a New York Times best-selling author, and his Columbia University Press books include The Age of Sustainable Development (2015) and Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, and Sustainable (2017).

Reviews

Jeffrey Sachs is one of the few prominent American academics who dares to make the bold case that the US has been on the wrong track for decades. Its non-academic style makes this book accessible to any reader who wants to gain a broad understanding of what is driving American grand strategy

A worthwhile read, in which Sachs demonstrates expertise on vastly different policy fields and makes a convincing case that abdicating the toxic intersection of militarism and exceptionalism is key to building a brighter future, both in the U.S. and around the world.

Sachs provides a broad alternative vision not only to the Trump administration’s foreign policy, but to past U.S. foreign policy more generally.

A challenging departure from the Beltway assumption that America has acted as a force for good in the world.

Highly recommended.

His new book is entitled A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism, and there is much inside to be celebrated. I never thought I would utter the words “I agree with Jeff Sachs,” let alone put them in print, yet here we are.

Forceful and angry, Sachs verges on hyperbole in his indictment of America past and present, but he does highlight the perils of continuing on the same path.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I: U.S. EXCEPTIONALISM IN A CHANGING WORLD
1. FROM EXCEPTIONALISM TO INTERNATIONALISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. EXCEPTIONALISM AS THE CIVIC RELIGION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3. THE ERA OF GLOBAL CONVERGENCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4. EURASIA ON THE RISE, AMERICA ON THE SIDELINES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
5. RUSSIA–U.S. RELATIONS IN THE CHANGING WORLD ORDER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
PART II: AMERICA’S WARS
6. AMERICAN IMPERIALISM AND “WARS OF CHOICE” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
7. ENDING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
8. NORTH KOREA AND THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
9. TRUMP’S NEW NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
PART III: U.S. FOREIGN ECONOMIC STATECRAFT
10. THE ECONOMIC BALANCE SHEET ON “AMERICA FIRST” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
11. FOREIGN POLICY POPULISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
12. ECONOMIC WAR WITH CHINA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
13. WILL TRUMP HAND CHINA THE TECHNOLOGICAL LEAD? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
14. TOWARD A WORLD ECONOMY OF REGIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
PART IV: RENEWING AMERICAN DIPLOMACY
15. FROM DIPLOMATIC LEADER TO ROGUE NATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
16. THE ETHICS AND PRACTICALITIES OF FOREIGN AID Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
17. MANAGING MIGRATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
18. ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
19. A NEW FOREIGN POLICY FOR AMERICAN SECURITY AND WELL-BEING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Illustrations
- Other: no art

eBook

Published: September 24, 2018
ISBN: 9780231547888