1st Edition

Communitarian Foreign Policy Amitai Etzioni's Vision

By Nikolas K. Gvosdev Copyright 2016
340 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

This volume establishes Amitai Etzioni's communitarian approach to international relations as a distinct school of American foreign policy thought. Nikolas K. Gvosdev systematically evaluates Etzioni's ideas, tracing their origins during the Cold War and their relevance to current challenges in Asia and the Middle East, and considering their strengths and weaknesses. Etzioni agrees with liberal... Read more
AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1 The Intrusion of Reality: The Genesis of the Etzioni Approach2 Navigating Out of the Cold War: The Gradualist Proposal3 Preventing a New Cold War: US-China Relations in the Twenty-First Century4 Building a Global Community? The Post-9/11 Experience5 The Security First Paradigm6 Sheathing the Sword of Damocles: Deproliferation7 The Challenges of Building Communities8 Hot Spots: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-First CenturyEpilogue: The Advisor's Advice Ignored?Index

Biography

Nikolas K. Gvosdev