A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism - Hardcover

Sachs, Jeffrey D.

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9780231188487: A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism
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ISBN 10: 023118848X ISBN 13: 9780231188487
Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2018

Synopsis

The American Century began in 1941 and ended on January 20, 2017. While the United States remains a military giant and is still an economic powerhouse, it no longer dominates the world economy or geopolitics as it once did. The current turn toward nationalism and “America first” unilateralism in foreign policy will not make America great. Instead, it represents the abdication of our responsibilities in the face of severe environmental threats, political upheaval, mass migration, and other global challenges.

In this incisive and forceful book, Jeffrey D. Sachs provides the blueprint for a new foreign policy that embraces global cooperation, international law, and aspirations for worldwide prosperity―not nationalism and gauzy dreams of past glory. He argues that America’s approach to the world must shift from military might and wars of choice to a commitment to shared objectives of sustainable development. Our pursuit of primacy has embroiled us in unwise and unwinnable wars, and it is time to shift from making war to making peace and time to embrace the opportunities that international cooperation offers. A New Foreign Policy explores both the danger of the “America first” mindset and the possibilities for a new way forward, proposing timely and achievable plans to foster global economic growth, reconfigure the United Nations for the twenty-first century, and build a multipolar world that is prosperous, peaceful, fair, and resilient.

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About the Author

Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He is also director of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network and has been advisor to three UN secretaries-general. He is a New York Times bestselling author, and his Columbia University Press books include The Age of Sustainable Development (2015), Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, and Sustainable (2017), and The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions (2020).

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Publisher
Columbia University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
023118848X
ISBN 13 
9780231188487
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
272
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