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Informationen zum Autor Stewart Patrick is the senior fellow and director of the program on International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). His areas of expertise include multilateral cooperation in the management of global issues; U.S. policy toward international institutions, including the United Nations; and the challenges posed by fragile, failing, and post-conflict states. Patrick writes the blog, The Internationalist. Klappentext Protecting Sovereignty While Advancing American Interests in the Global Age Americans have long been protective of their country's sovereignty-all the way back to George Washington, who admonished his successors to avoid "permanent" alliances with foreign powers. Throughout its history, the United States has faced periodic, often heated, debates about how to maintain that sovereignty, and whether it is endangered when the nation enters into international treaties and alliances about which Washington warned. As the 2016 election made clear, sovereignty is also one of the most frequently invoked, polemical, and misunderstood concepts in politics-particularly American politics. The concept wields symbolic power, implying something sacred and inalienable: the right of the people to control their fate without subordination to outside authorities. Given its emotional pull, however, the concept is easily hijacked by political opportunists. By playing the sovereignty card, they can curtail more reasoned debates over the merits of proposed international commitments by portraying supporters of global treaties or organizations as enemies of motherhood and apple pie. Such arguments distract Americans from what is really at stake in the sovereignty debate: namely, the ability of the United States to shape its destiny in a global age. The United States cannot successfully manage globalization, much less insulate itself from transnational threats, on its own. As global integration deepens and cross-border challenges grow, the nation's fate is increasingly tied to that of other countries, whose cooperation will be needed to exploit the shared opportunities and mitigate the common risks of interdependence. The Sovereignty Wars is intended to help today's policymakers think more clearly about what is actually at stake in the sovereignty debate and to provide criteria for determining when it is appropriate to negotiate and how to achieve bargains over sovereignty. Zusammenfassung A look at rotecting sovereignty while advancing American interests in the global age. Sovereignty Reimagined is intended to help today's policymakers think more clearly about what is actually at stake in the sovereignty debate and to provide some criteria for determining when it is appropriate to make bargains over sovereignty-and how to make them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: The Sovereignty Wars There's No Place Like Home: Sovereignty, American Style Power and Interdependence: U.S. Sovereignty in the American Century Do as I Say, Not as I Do: American Sovereignty and International Law Don't Fence Me In: The Use of Force, Arms Control, and U.S. National Security Stop the World, I Want to Get Off: Globalization and American Sovereignty Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Immigration and Border Security Don't Tread on Me: The United States and International Organizations Conclusion: American Sovereignty and International Cooperation Notes Index ...
