| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 342 pages) |
| Series |
Brookings focus book |
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Brookings focus books.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Emerging power : China -- War, counterterrorism, and homeland protection -- Middle East peacemaking -- The Arab awakenings -- The rogue states -- The "soft security" agenda : energy, climate, and weak states -- The arc of history is long |
| Summary |
"Examines first years of the Obama presidency and effects on American foreign policy, including the U.S. relationships with China and Pakistan, war in Afghanistan and withdrawal from Iraq, movement toward Middle East peace, response to the Arab Spring, agendas involving energy, climate, and weak states, and approaches to rogue states"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-330) and index |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- United States -- 21st Century.
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Diplomatic relations
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 2009-2017
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lieberthal, Kenneth
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O'Hanlon, Michael E
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| ISBN |
0815721838 |
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9780815721833 |
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