1st Edition
Weary Policeman American Power in an Age of Austerity
By The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Copyright 2012
112 Pages
by
Routledge
112 Pages
by
Routledge
As another presidential election looms, the America’s role in global affairs and security has emerged as one of the campaign’s great battle lines. The struggle not just to define but also to preserve American power is no modern phenomenon: questions of intervention and projection have dominated the nation’s politics from the days of the Founding Fathers. Then, as now, the old centres of power... Read more
Introduction Idealism Realism Pluralism Stakes Chapter One Power and restraint in American history The conservative anxiety Cycles of ambition Moments of restraint Chapter Two Barack Obama and the limits of superpower Afghanistan America: offshore balancer? Humanitarian war Counter-proliferation Chapter Three Politics, polarisation and American exceptionalism Tea and liberty Contested exceptionalism Fiscal paralysis Money and morals Chapter Four The causes and consequences of austerity The road to ruin Austerity politics Balance and imbalance Power shift? Chapter Five Power, influence and leadership A world without followers When coordination breaks down Frustration and hubris Conclusion Realist Dilemmas The plurality of power The primacy of politics Appendix American power in decline?
Biography
Dana Allin
