Sachs, Jeffrey D.: A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism.

Sachs, Jeffrey D.: A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism.

The American Century began in 1941 and ended on January 20, 2017. Whilethe United States remains a military giant and is still an economicpowerhouse, it no longer dominates the world economy or geopolitics as itonce did. The current turn toward nationalism and “America first”unilateralism in foreign policy will not make America great. Instead, itrepresents the abdication of our responsibilities in the face of severeenvironmental threats, political upheaval, mass migration, and other globalchallenges.In this incisive and forceful book, Jeffrey D. Sachs provides the blueprint fora new foreign policy that embraces global cooperation, international law,and aspirations for worldwide prosperity―not nationalism and gauzydreams of past glory. He argues that America’s approach to the world mustshift from military might and wars of choice to a commitment to sharedobjectives of sustainable development. Our pursuit of primacy hasembroiled us in unwise and unwinnable wars, and it is time to shift frommaking war to making peace and time to embrace the opportunities thatinternational cooperation offers. A New Foreign Policy explores both thedanger of the “America first” mindset and the possibilities for a new wayforward, proposing timely and achievable plans to foster global economicgrowth, reconfigure the United Nations for the twenty-first century, andbuild a multipolar world that is prosperous, peaceful, fair, and resilient.

Bula, Michal

Czech Journal of International Relations; Vol. 54 No. 3 (2019); 70-98

2788-2993

2788-2985

10.32422/mv.54.3

Institute of International Relations Prague

2019-09-01

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0

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