Hope, Change, Pragmatism

Analyzing Obama’s Grand Strategy

Jacob Shively (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

122 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-57697-2 (ISBN)

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This book seeks to uncover a clear picture of Barack Obama’s grand strategy, the overarching methods applied to identify and achieve national interests in a global setting. Pressed for an “Obama doctrine” during his final years in office, the President claimed a simple international relations approach: applying all tools at his disposal before resorting for military force. Critics, however, remain unimpressed. They charge the administration with strategic incoherence and weak leadership. Stepping away from ideological and theoretical commitments, Shively applies a simple framework for grand strategy, one that also deepens our systematic understanding. After untangling a complex history and narrating three cases of tumult in 2009, 2011, and 2014, Shively characterizes Obama’s grand strategy as “pragmatic internationalism” and argues that it was a promising but poorly implemented approach.

Jacob Shively is Assistant Professor of Government at the University of West Florida, USA. His current research examines grand strategy and US foreign policy, as well as security issues related to new technologies such as lethal drones and cyber security.

1. Introduction .- 2 Hope, Change ... Pragmatism (2009) .- 3 Reluctant Revolutionary (2011) .- 4 Holding the Line (2014) .- 5 Pragmatic Internationalism.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.03.2016
Zusatzinfo	XI, 122 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-137-57697-9 / 1137576979
ISBN-13	978-1-137-57697-2 / 9781137576972
Zustand	Neuware