American Foreign Policy in a Globalized World

It is commonplace by now that Bush administration hasin pursuit of its foreignpolicy goalsoften demonstrated a preference for doctrinalif not ideologicalunilate... » 

It is commonplace by now that Bush administration hasin pursuit of its foreignpolicy goalsoften demonstrated a preference for doctrinalif not ideologicalunilateralism. But is this approach a sustainable foreign policy in amincreasingly globalized world?In American Foreign Policy in a Globalized World several leading foreignpolicy and international relations experts consider the long term prospectsand implications of U.S. foreign policy as it has been shaped and practicedduring the presidency of George W. Bush.. The essays in this collectionbasedon the research of wellrespected scholars such as Ole Holsti Loch JohnsonJohn Ruggie Jack Donnelly Robert Leiber Karen Mingst and Edward Luckoffera clear assessment while U.S. resources are substantial Washingtons abilityto shape outcomes in the world is challenged by its expansive foreign policygoals its exceptionalist approach to international relations seriousquestions about the limits of its hard power resources as well as fundamentalchanges in the global system. American Foreign Policy in a Globalized Worldillustrates one of the central ironies of the contemporary situation in foreignaffairs and international relations that at the very time of the unipolarmoment the world has become globalized to such an extent that theunilateralism of the Bush Administration leads as much to resistance as it doesto coercion compliance and cooperation. «