How to Make Love to a Despot - An Alternative Foreign Policy for the Twenty-First Century

The United States has invested hundreds of billions of dollars in the idea that state-building can make the world "safe for democracy" but the return on that investment has been woeful. Witnessing this failure, many observers hold the view that investment in undemocratic countries should halt. Yet ignoring these troubled countries risks our safety. Drawing on his formidable foreign policy experience, Steve Krasner explains that eliminating corruption or holding free and fair elections is often not possible today in many parts of the world but negotiated compromises and halting large-scale theft is. Better security and some economic growth are possible everywhere. How to Make Love to a Despot defines a new and pragmatic American foreign policy vision that quells terrorism and leads to "good governance" around the globe.

About the author

Stephen D. Krasner is the Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations at Stanford University, a prominent scholar with deep policy experience, including a stint as Director of the Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State. He lives in Stanford, California.

Summary

After generations of foreign policy failures, America can make the world safer by abandoning utopian goals and working with difficult characters.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen D Krasner, Stephen D. Krasner, Stephen D. (Stanford University) Krasner, Steve Krasner, Steve D. Krasner
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.05.2020
• EAN: 9781631496592
• ISBN: 978-1-63149-659-2
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 244 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 552 g
• Illustrations: 4 black-and-white illustrations
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership