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1 online resource (392 pages) |
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About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Epigraph; CONTENTS; Asia in the New Global Order; INTRODUCTION; PROLOGUE; 1 AFGHANISTAN; 2 AFGHANISTAN; 3 WHO LOST PAKISTAN?; 4 IRAN; 5 IRAQ; 6 THE FADING PROMISE OF THE ARAB SPRING; 7 THE GATHERING STORM; 8 THE CHINA CHALLENGE; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES |
Summary |
Former State Department adviser for Afghanistan and Pakistan Vali Nasr delivers a sharp indictment of America's flawed foreign policy, and outlines a new relationship with the Muslim world and with new players in the changing Middle East. In this essential new book, Vali Nasr argues that the Obama administration had a chance to improve its relations with the Middle East, but instead chose to pursue its predecessor's questionable strategies there. Nasr takes readers behind the scenes at the State Department and reveals how the new government's fear of political backlash and the spectre of terrorism crippled the efforts of diplomatic giants, like Richard Holbrooke and Hillary Clinton, to boost America's foundering credibility with world leaders. Meanwhile, the true economic threats, China and Russia, were quietly expanding their influence in the region. And a second Arab Spring is brewing-not a hopeful clamour for democracy, but rage at the United States for its foreign policy of drones and assassinations. Drawing on his in-depth knowledge of the Middle East and firsthand experience in diplomacy, Nasr offers a powerful reassessment of American foreign policy that directs the country away from its failing relationships in the Middle East (such as with Saudi Arabia) toward more productive, and less costly, partnerships with other foreign allies (such as Turkey). Forcefully persuasive, The Dispensable Nation is a game changer for America as it charts a course in the Muslim world, Asia, and beyond |
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Diplomatic relations
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
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Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Islamic countries
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Islamic countries -- Foreign relations -- United States
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Islamic countries
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Middle East
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United States
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781922072566 |
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1922072567 |
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