Defending The National Interest
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Author | : Stephen D. Krasner |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2020-10-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0691219516 |
Stephen Krasner's assumption of a distinction between state and society is the root of his argument for the superiority of a statist interpretation of American foreign policy. Here he challenges the two dominant and rival interpretations of the relationship between state and society: interest group liberalism and Marxism. He contends that the state is an autonomous entity acting on behalf of the national interest, and that state behavior cannot be explained by group or class interest. On the basis of fifteen case studies drawn from extensive public records and published literature on American raw materials policy in the twentieth-century, Professor Krasner provides empirical substance to the debate about the meaning of the "national interest," the importance of bureaucratic politics, and the influence of business on American foreign policy.
Author | : Hans Joachim Morgenthau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
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A landmark in the study of international relations, this reprint of the 1951 Alfred Knopf publication calls on Americans to recognize the primacy of national interest in the formulation of foreign policy. A controversial thesis in 1951, this statement of ideas has stood the test of time well into the 1980s. The author argued that it was essential to relearn on a continuing basis the enduring principles of international politics. He never abandoned the conviction that the national interest, expanded and redefined to make possible the mitigation and relief of novel and unprecedented threats to human survival, was fundamental.
Author | : Donald E. Nuechterlein |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2021-09-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0813182123 |
Although the term national interest has long been used in reference to the foreign policy goals of nations, there has been no generally agreed upon definition of the concept; as a result, Donald E. Nuechterlein contends, there has been a tendency for foreign policy to be determined by institutional prejudice and past policy rather than by a systematic assessment of national interests. By what criterion does a President decide that a given interest is or is not vital-that is, whether he must contemplate defending it by force if other measures fail? In this study Nuechterlein offers a new conceptual framework for the analysis of foreign policy decisions; resting on more precise definitions and distinguishing among the degrees of interest that the United States perceives in the range of foreign policy issues it faces. He also deals with the constitutional problem of checks and balances between the Presidency and Congress in setting the goals of foreign policy, and the influence of private interest groups and the media on the definition of national interest. Underlining the need for constant reassessment of priorities in a rapidly changing international environment, Nuechterlein illustrates his analysis by drawing on the American experience in foreign affairs since World War II. A case study of the American involvement in Southeast Asia describes how six presidents, beginning with Franklin Roosevelt, viewed United States interests there and the conclusions each drew in terms of policy tools to defend those interests in Vietnam. Finally, he assesses what the future vital interests of the United States are likely to be in light of the shifting balance of world power, and the growing importance of international economics.
Author | : Keesha Wortinger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2021-08-11 |
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National Interest is a rationality of governing referring to a sovereign state's goals and ambitions, be they economic, military, cultural, or otherwise. Culling the right minds on the right topics, this book delivers an in-depth and cutting-edge analysis of politics, matters of national security, and economics. More than just news, this book is the source for what readers truly need to know to master the issues of the day.
Author | : Jon Alexander |
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Release | : 1966 |
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Author | : Martha Finnemore |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 1996-10-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 150170737X |
How do states know what they want? Asking how interests are defined and how changes in them are accommodated, Martha Finnemore shows the fruitfulness of a constructivist approach to international politics. She draws on insights from sociological institutionalism to develop a systemic approach to state interests and state behavior by investigating an international structure not of power but of meaning and social value. An understanding of what states want, she argues, requires insight into the international social structure of which they are a part. States are embedded in dense networks of transnational and international social relations that shape their perceptions and their preferences in consistent ways. Finnemore focuses on international organizations as one important component of social structure and investigates the ways in which they redefine state preferences. She details three examples in different issue areas. In state structure, she discusses UNESCO and the changing international organization of science. In security, she analyzes the role of the Red Cross and the acceptance of the Geneva Convention rules of war. Finally, she focuses on the World Bank and explores the changing definitions of development in the Third World. Each case shows how international organizations socialize states to accept new political goals and new social values in ways that have lasting impact on the conduct of war, the workings of the international political economy, and the structure of states themselves.
Author | : Scott Gerald Borgerson |
Publisher | : Council on Foreign Relations |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0876094310 |
Author | : Stephen D. Krasner |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 1999-08-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1400823269 |
The acceptance of human rights and minority rights, the increasing role of international financial institutions, and globalization have led many observers to question the continued viability of the sovereign state. Here a leading expert challenges this conclusion. Stephen Krasner contends that states have never been as sovereign as some have supposed. Throughout history, rulers have been motivated by a desire to stay in power, not by some abstract adherence to international principles. Organized hypocrisy--the presence of longstanding norms that are frequently violated--has been an enduring attribute of international relations. Political leaders have usually but not always honored international legal sovereignty, the principle that international recognition should be accorded only to juridically independent sovereign states, while treating Westphalian sovereignty, the principle that states have the right to exclude external authority from their own territory, in a much more provisional way. In some instances violations of the principles of sovereignty have been coercive, as in the imposition of minority rights on newly created states after the First World War or the successor states of Yugoslavia after 1990; at other times cooperative, as in the European Human Rights regime or conditionality agreements with the International Monetary Fund. The author looks at various issues areas to make his argument: minority rights, human rights, sovereign lending, and state creation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Differences in national power and interests, he concludes, not international norms, continue to be the most powerful explanation for the behavior of states.
Author | : Tracy Poindexter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2009 |
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Author | : John Allen Williams |
Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : National security |
ISBN | : 9781955055369 |
"Introduces and explores the full range of actors, processes, and politics involved in the US national security process"--