Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy

ISBN-13: 9781032121802 / Miękka / 2023 / 224 str.

Richard (Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology

Opis

This book argues that while the US president makes foreign policy decisions based largely on political pressures, it is concentrated interests that shape the incentive structures in which he and other top officials operate.

Spis treści

Introduction  Chapter 1 – American Grand Strategy and the Unitary Actor Model  Chapter 2 – The Public Choice Model of Foreign Policy  Chapter 3 – The Rogue Superpower Chapter 4 – Build, then Balance: The United States and Its Rivals  Chapter 5 – American Sanctions: Ineffective, Immoral, and Politically Convenient  Chapter 6 – The War on Terror from the Public Choice Perspective  Conclusion: Understanding and Changing American Foreign Policy

O autorze

Richard Hanania is the President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology and a Research Fellow at Defense Priorities. He was formerly a Research Fellow at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University, received his PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. Richard has published academic works that contribute to the studies of American foreign policy, international law, political psychology, the role of nuclear weapons in international politics, and civil war.