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The Obama doctrine : American grand strategy today, Colin Dueck, (electronic resource)

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By mid-2015, the Obama presidency will be entering its final stages, and the race among the successors in both parties will be well underway. And while experts have already formed a provisional understanding of the Obama administration's foreign policy goals, the shape of the "Obama Doctrine" is finally coming into full view. It has been consistently cautious since Obama was inaugurated in 2009, but recent events in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the Far East have led an increasingly large number of foreign policy experts to conclude that caution has transformed into weakness. In The Obama Doctrine, Colin Dueck analyzes and explains what the Obama Doctrine in foreign policy actually is, and maps out the competing visions on offer from the Republican Party. Dueck, a leading scholar of US foreign policy, contends it is now becoming clear that Obama's policy of international retrenchment is in large part a function of his emphasis on achieving domestic policy goals. There have been some successes in the approach, but there have also been costs. For instance, much of the world no longer trusts the US to exert its will in international politics, and America's adversaries overseas have asserted themselves with increasing frequency. The Republican Party will target these perceived weaknesses in the 2016 presidential campaign and develop competing counter-doctrines in the process. Dueck explains that within the Republican Party, there are two basic impulses vying with each other: neo-isolationism and forceful internationalism. Dueck subdivides each impulse into the specific agenda of the various factions within the party: Tea Party nationalism, neoconservatism, conservative internationalism, and neo-isolationism. He favors a realistic but forceful US internationalism, and sees the willingness to disengage from the world by some elements of the party as dangerous. After dissecting the various strands, he articulates an agenda of forward-leaning American realism--that is, a policy in which the US engages with the world and is willing to use threats of force for realist ends. The Obama Doctrine not only provides a sharp appraisal of foreign policy in the Obama era; it lays out an alternative approach to marshaling American power that will help shape the foreign policy debate in the run-up to the 2016 elections.--
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eng
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Publication
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1 online resource.
Contents
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Obama Doctrine
  • Chapter 1 Barack Obama and American Grand Strategy
  • Chapter 2 International Accommodation and Retrenchment
  • Chapter 3 The Domestic Politics of the Obama Doctrine
  • Chapter 4 Republican Alternatives to the Obama Doctrine
  • Chapter 5 Conservative American Realism
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index
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9780190202620
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eui/detail.action?docID=1973789
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The Obama doctrine : American grand strategy today
Title
The Obama doctrine
Title remainder
American grand strategy today
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Colin Dueck
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Language
eng
Summary
By mid-2015, the Obama presidency will be entering its final stages, and the race among the successors in both parties will be well underway. And while experts have already formed a provisional understanding of the Obama administration's foreign policy goals, the shape of the "Obama Doctrine" is finally coming into full view. It has been consistently cautious since Obama was inaugurated in 2009, but recent events in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the Far East have led an increasingly large number of foreign policy experts to conclude that caution has transformed into weakness. In The Obama Doctrine, Colin Dueck analyzes and explains what the Obama Doctrine in foreign policy actually is, and maps out the competing visions on offer from the Republican Party. Dueck, a leading scholar of US foreign policy, contends it is now becoming clear that Obama's policy of international retrenchment is in large part a function of his emphasis on achieving domestic policy goals. There have been some successes in the approach, but there have also been costs. For instance, much of the world no longer trusts the US to exert its will in international politics, and America's adversaries overseas have asserted themselves with increasing frequency. The Republican Party will target these perceived weaknesses in the 2016 presidential campaign and develop competing counter-doctrines in the process. Dueck explains that within the Republican Party, there are two basic impulses vying with each other: neo-isolationism and forceful internationalism. Dueck subdivides each impulse into the specific agenda of the various factions within the party: Tea Party nationalism, neoconservatism, conservative internationalism, and neo-isolationism. He favors a realistic but forceful US internationalism, and sees the willingness to disengage from the world by some elements of the party as dangerous. After dissecting the various strands, he articulates an agenda of forward-leaning American realism--that is, a policy in which the US engages with the world and is willing to use threats of force for realist ends. The Obama Doctrine not only provides a sharp appraisal of foreign policy in the Obama era; it lays out an alternative approach to marshaling American power that will help shape the foreign policy debate in the run-up to the 2016 elections.--
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1969-
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Dueck, Colin
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non fiction
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  • dictionaries
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  • Obama, Barack
  • World politics
  • United States
  • United States
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The Obama doctrine : American grand strategy today, Colin Dueck, (electronic resource)
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eui/detail.action?docID=1973789
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Publication
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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online resource
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rdacarrier.
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent.
Contents
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Obama Doctrine -- Chapter 1 Barack Obama and American Grand Strategy -- Chapter 2 International Accommodation and Retrenchment -- Chapter 3 The Domestic Politics of the Obama Doctrine -- Chapter 4 Republican Alternatives to the Obama Doctrine -- Chapter 5 Conservative American Realism -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index
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u396046
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unknown
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1 online resource.
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online
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Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9780190202620
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computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
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  • c
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remote
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(OCoLC)904281125
Label
The Obama doctrine : American grand strategy today, Colin Dueck, (electronic resource)
Link
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eui/detail.action?docID=1973789
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Obama Doctrine -- Chapter 1 Barack Obama and American Grand Strategy -- Chapter 2 International Accommodation and Retrenchment -- Chapter 3 The Domestic Politics of the Obama Doctrine -- Chapter 4 Republican Alternatives to the Obama Doctrine -- Chapter 5 Conservative American Realism -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index
Control code
u396046
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9780190202620
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • c
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)904281125

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