Foreign policy begins at home : the case for putting America's house in order

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Foreign policy begins at home : the case for putting America's house in order

Title remainder

the case for putting America's house in order

Statement of responsibility

Richard N. Haass

Creator

• Haass, Richard

Subject

• POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General
• International relations
• United States -- Foreign relations
• United States -- Politics and government
• World politics
• Security, International

Language

eng

Summary

"A rising China, climate change, terrorism, a nuclear Iran, a turbulent Middle East, and a reckless North Korea present serious challenges to our national security. But the biggest threat to the United States comes not from abroad-but from within. Burgeoning deficit and debt, crumbling infrastructure, second class schools, and an outdated immigration system have resulted in a country less competitive and far more vulnerable than it should be. In Foreign Policy Begins at Home, Council on Foreign Relations President Richard N. Haass describes a twenty-first century in which power is widely diffused. Globalization, revolutionary technologies, and power shifts have created a "nonpolar" world of American primacy but not domination. Still, it is a relatively forgiving world, one with no great power rival. How long this strategic respite will last, though, depends entirely on whether the United States puts its own house in order. Haass outlines a process of Restoration that will ensure the United States has the resources it needs to lead the world, set examples other societies will want to emulate, reduce the country's vulnerability to hostile forces and fickle markets, and discourage would-be adversaries from mounting aggression. Provocative and bold, Foreign Policy Begins at Home lays out a new vision for American Restoration. It will require hard choices, but hard choices are called for. At stake is nothing less than America's future and the character of the coming era of history. "--

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DLC

Dewey number

327.73

Index

index present

LC call number

JZ1480

LC item number

.H32 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography