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Foreign Politics of the USA

The world's policeman or splendid isolation – the role of the US on the world stage has historically shifted between extremes. With each new administration it might take yet another turn. Learn from these summaries what strategies experts prescribe for todays's geopolitical challenges or how they view the current dealings between the US and their partners or adversaries.

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Book

The Economic Weapon

The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War
Nicholas Mulder
Yale UP, 2022
9 Book

The United States vs. China

The Quest for Global Economic Leadership
C. Fred Bergsten
Polity Press, 2022
9 Book

And Then All Hell Broke Loose

Two Decades in the Middle East
Richard Engel
Simon & Schuster, 2016
Book

A World in Disarray

American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
Richard Haass
Penguin Press, 2017
8 Book

Blood Year

The Unraveling of Western Counterterrorism
David Kilcullen
Oxford UP, 2016
8 Article

China Deserves Donald Trump

It took a human wrecking ball to get China’s attention.
Thomas L. Friedman
The New York Times, 2019
9 Article

How to Avoid an Avoidable War

Ten Questions About the New US-China Strategy
Kevin Rudd
Foreign Affairs, 2018
8 Book

The Sovereignty Wars

Reconciling America with the World
Stewart Patrick
Brookings Institution, 2017
7 Article
Northern Finance Institute
China Finance 40 Forum, 2018
8 Article
Ning Nanshan
ZH Island WeChat Wemedia Account , 2018
7 Article

Confronting Iran

The Trump Administration’s Strategy
Michael R. Pompeo
Foreign Affairs, 2018
8 Article
Nicolas Niarchos
The New Yorker, 2018