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The Case for Putting America's House in Order
Basic Books
May 2013
On Sale: April 30, 2013
208 pages ISBN: 0465057985 EAN: 9780465057986 Kindle: B00BE651D0 Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Political
The biggest threat to the United States comes not from
abroad but from within. This is the provocative, timely, and
unexpected message of Council on Foreign Relations President
Richard N. Haass’s Foreign Policy Begins at Home. A rising China, climate change, terrorism, a nuclear Iran, a
turbulent Middle East, and a reckless North Korea all
present serious challenges. But U.S. national security
depends even more on the United States addressing its
burgeoning deficit and debt, crumbling infrastructure,
second class schools, and outdated immigration system. Foreign Policy Begins at Home describes a twenty-first
century in which power is widely diffused. Globalization,
revolutionary technologies, and the rise and decline of new
and old powers have created a “nonpolar” world of American
primacy but not domination. So far, it has been a relatively
forgiving world, with no great rival threatening America
directly. How long this strategic respite lasts, according
to Haass, will depend largely on whether the United States
puts its own house in order. Haass argues for a new American foreign policy: Restoration.
At home, the new doctrine would have the country concentrate
on restoring the economic foundations of American power.
Overseas, the U.S. would stop trying to remake the Middle
East with military force, instead emphasizing maintaining
the balance of power in Asia, promoting economic integration
and energy self-sufficiency in North America, and working to
promote collective responses to global challenges. Haass rejects both isolationism and the notion of American
decline. But he argues the United States is underperforming
at home and overreaching abroad. Foreign Policy Begins at
Home lays out a compelling vision for restoring America’s
power, influence, and ability to lead the world.
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