Ralph Carter

Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy

From National Security to Human Security

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Produktbeschreibung

This engaging case study approach brings together a diverse set of contributors to help students question motives, consider alternatives, and analyze outcomes in many of the most controversial foreign policy issues now confronting the United States.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Sixth Edition
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781538141410
• ISBN-10: 1538141418
• Artikelnr.: 60605340

Autorenporträt

Ralph Carter is Piper Professor of Political Science at Texas Christian University where he has been teaching undergraduate IR and foreign policy for more than 30 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Contributors
Introduction
Ralph G. Carter
PART I. The Setting of US Foreign Policymaking
US in a Turbulent World: US Intervention into the Syrian Civil WarSibel
Oktay
Among the consequences of the Arab Spring of 2011 was a civil war in Syria.
Both Presidents Obama and Trump faced challenges in determining if, and
how, to respond to a conflict involving chemical weapons, human rights
violations, multiple competing factions, and various states with their own
agendas.
US Foreign Policy and the Iran Nuclear DealCagla Demirduzen and Özgür
Özdamar
The Obama administration participated in a multinational agreement to
significantly delay the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Iran. The Trump
administration challenged Iran and US allies by withdrawing from that
agreement, preferring a more aggressive stance toward Iran.
PART II. Policymaking Actors and Influencers
Donald Trump and the Border Wall: Policy Continuity with a National
Emergency TwistYu Ouyang and Michael A. Morgan
While both the Obama and Trump administrations faced significant political
cross-pressures in dealing with border security issues, President Trump
made building a wall along the Mexican border a key campaign promise.
Despite the presence of a Republican-controlled Congress, Trump was forced
to rely on controversial emergency powers to shift budget funds from other
departments to fund wall construction.
From the Hill with Love: Congress, Donald Trump, and Russian Interference
in the 2016 ElectionsFrédérick Gagnon and Vincent Boucher
Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election challenged incumbent
President Obama and newly-elected President Trump in different ways.
Despite President Trump's denial of Russian interference or campaign
collusion with Russians, Congress found bipartisan ways to penalize Russia
for its malign actions.
The Hollowed State: Managing Trump's State DepartmentJennifer Selin
Each year, the Trump administration sought to reorganize the State
Department by reducing its personnel and programs via large budget cuts.
Despite the administration's consistent efforts, each year State Department
personnel and their congressional allies successfully resisted this
executive effort.
President vs. Congress: US Intervention in the Yemeni Civil War Kelly A.
McHugh
After initially supporting a Saudi intervention into the civil war in
Yemen, Saudi airstrikes on civilian targets caused the Obama administration
to change its policies. After President Trump strenuously defended
continued US arms sales to the Saudis, Congress sought to limit the
president's actions through the War Powers Resolution.
The President vs. the Courts: The Trump Travel BansRalph G. Carter and
James M. Scott
Donald Trump's campaign pledge to halt the entry of Muslims into the US
resulted in a ban on entry from citizens from a number of Muslim-majority
countries. Multiple court challenges resulted, and it took three tries for
the administration to enact a travel ban acceptable to the Supreme Court.
The US Embassy Move to JerusalemLena Saleh and Mira Sucharov
Since 1995, all US presidents have used a national security waiver to avoid
moving the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, due to
cross-cutting domestic pressures and concerns about regional stability.
With the support of his political base, President Trump changed that
practice and had the embassy moved.
PART III. Policy Domains
The Nuclear Standoff Between the United States and North Korea: Searching
for Progress During the Obama and Trump AdministrationsThomas Preston
Outgoing President Barack Obama told Donald Trump his most challenging
issue would be dealing with North Korea, a rogue regime with nuclear
weapons that was also developing ballistic missiles. President Trump tried
personal diplomacy initiatives with the North Korean president that other
US presidents had long rejected, but to no avail.
NATO Adrift? European Security and US Foreign Policy in the Obama and Trump
AdministrationsJeffrey S. Lantis
Like his post-Cold War predecessors, President Obama struggled somewhat in
choosing when and how to rely on NATO as an instrument of US foreign policy
as well as how to prod its members to spend more on their own defense.
President Trump felt no hesitancy in shaking the alliance structure by
challenging NATO's most fundamental assumptions.
Economic Security and the US-China Trade WarAmy Skonieczny
Despite long-standing US commitments to an increasingly global free trade
regime, free trade agreements generated controversy when progressive
Democrats worried about the human costs of globalization and some
Republicans worried more about about loss of national control of the
economy. President Trump chose the nationalist path by initiating a trade
war with China.
Comprehensive Immigration Reform, with Piecemeal Policymaking in the
MeantimeStephanie N. Shady
Both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama sought some form of
comprehensive immigration reform while still providing appropriate levels
of border security. In line with a number of his campaign statements,
President Trump tightened access to the US by noncitizens and tried to
abolish existing programs that he felt attracted those immigrants in the
first place.
Executive Power and International Agreements: Trump's Exit from the Paris
Climate AccordAmy Below and Malasia Williams
Combatting climate change is controversial, but President Obama tried to
use the Paris Climate Accord to gain traction on this issue while more
progressive Democrats pushed more aggressively for a Green New Deal.
President Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Accord and sought to
rollback numerous government regulations and environmental policies that
hurt economic output.
Conclusions
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Index