War by other means : geoeconomics and statecraft

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War by other means : geoeconomics and statecraft

Title remainder

geoeconomics and statecraft

Statement of responsibility

Robert D. Blackwill and Jennifer M. Harris

Creator

• Blackwill, Robert D

Contributor

• Harris, Jennifer M., 1981-

Author

• Blackwill, Robert D
• Harris, Jennifer M., 1981-

Subject

• International economic relations
• International economic relations -- Political aspects
• International economic relations -- Political aspects
• United States
• United States -- Foreign economic relations -- 21st century
• 2000-2099
• Economic sanctions -- Political aspects
• Geopolitics -- Economic aspects

Language

eng

Summary

"Today, nations increasingly carry out geopolitical combat through economic means. Policies governing everything from trade and investment to energy and exchange rates are wielded as tools to win diplomatic allies, punish adversaries, and coerce those in between. Not so in the United States, however. America still too often reaches for the gun over the purse to advance its interests abroad. The result is a playing field sharply tilting against the United States. In a cogent analysis of why the United States is losing ground as a world power and what it can do to reverse the trend, War by Other Means describes the statecraft of geoeconomics: the use of economic instruments to achieve geopolitical goals. Geoeconomics has long been a lever of America's foreign policy. But factors ranging from U.S. bureaucratic politics to theories separating economics from foreign policy leave America ill prepared for this new era of geoeconomic contest, while rising powers, especially China, are adapting rapidly. The rules-based system Americans set in place after World War II benefited the United States for decades, but now, as the system frays and global competitors take advantage, America is uniquely self-constrained. Its geoeconomic policies are hampered by neglect and resistance, leaving the United States overly reliant on traditional military force. Drawing on immense scholarship and government experience, Robert Blackwill and Jennifer Harris show that if America's policies are left uncorrected, the price in American blood and treasure will only grow. What geoeconomic warfare requires is a new vision of U.S. statecraft" -- Publisher's web site

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YDX

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non fiction

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bibliography