After the Cold War: American Foreign Policy, Europe and Asia

by Arthur I. Cyr

Overview

"A sober and wide-ranging analytical essay placing American foreign policy and the evolution of the international system in a broad historical context. . . . The author gives thoughtful consideration to the ways in which the United States should use "traditional diplomacy, economic persuasion, military means and political example to lead in ordering a more stable world."

-Foreign Affairs

"Informed, astute, compact and coherent. A splendid piece of historical analysis."

-Samuel H. Beer, Harvard University

The end of the Cold War provides challenges and opportunities for American foreign policy leadership that arguably have been equalled in modern times only by the period in which the Cold War began. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and communist regimes in Eastern Europe, the partners of the Atlantic alliance have achieved a profound diplomatic and political victory of historic importance. The international system which has resulted, however, arguably has more uncertainity and unpredictability that the familiar bipolar competition between the two superpowers and their allies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333672112
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	03/18/1997
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Arthur I. Cyr is A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business at Carthage College in Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Preface Preface to the 2000 Reprint Preface to the First Edition PART 1: AMERICA AND THE WORLD Incentives for Analysis A Reagan Revolution? Asia and Europe, Emergence and Change PART 2: FOREIGN POLICY AFTER THE COLD WAR Soviet Collapse, World Disorder An American Worldview, An American World Epilogue to the 2000 Reprint: The Indispensability of Leadership Notes Bibliography Index

What People are Saying About This

Samuel H. Beer

Informed, astute, compact and coherent. A splendid piece of historical analysis.
—Samuel H. Beer, Harvard University

Editorial Reviews

'A sober and wide-ranging analytical essay placing American foreign policy and the evolution of the international system in a broad historical context. Cyr...explores the intellectual, structural, and sociological dimensions of U.S. policy, usefully characterizing the challenge for America after the Cold War as one of 'leadership in a non-crisis environment.' - David C. Hendrickson, Foreign Affairs

'Cyr...displays an impressive range of interests and expertise, moving confidently from British political to the balance of power in Northeast Asia... What he offers is a thoughtful discussion of several transitions that cannot be reduced to a single message or metaphor.' - Endy Zemenides, Georgetown University Law Center and The National Strategy Forum

From the Publisher

A blueprint of the current forces driving US foreign policy, addressing the status of the major corporation in international affairs, the balance between Atlantic and Pacific interests, and the role of the UN in setting and mediating those interests. The author looks beyond traditional subjects such as diplomacy and military power to examine the role that migration, tourism, and the media play in modern intergovernmental relations. He argues that public opinion is a significant factor in, and not just a reaction to, foreign policy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

A sober and wide-ranging analytical essay placing American foreign policy and the evolution of the international system in a broad historical context. . . . The author gives thoughtful consideration to the ways in which the United States should use "traditional diplomacy, economic persuasion, military means and political example to lead in ordering a more stable world.

Foreign Affairs