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Outlier States: American Strategies to Change, Contain, or Engage Regimes
Robert S. Litwak
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Description for Outlier States: American Strategies to Change, Contain, or Engage Regimes
Hardback. In the Bush era Iran and North Korea were branded "rogue" states. The Obama administration has chosen instead to call the countries nuclear "outliers" and has proposed means other than regime change to bring them back into the community of nations. This book raises questions about its feasibility and its possible consequences. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPB; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
In the Bush era Iran and North Korea were branded "rogue" states for their flouting of international norms, and changing their regimes was the administration's goal. The Obama administration has chosen instead to call the countries nuclear "outliers" and has proposed means other than regime change to bring them back into "the community of nations." "Outlier States", the successor to Litwak's influential "Regime Change: U.S. Strategy through the Prism of 9/11" (2007), explores this significant policy adjustment and raises questions about its feasibility and its possible consequences. Do international norms apply only to states' external behavior, as it might ... Read more
In the Bush era Iran and North Korea were branded "rogue" states for their flouting of international norms, and changing their regimes was the administration's goal. The Obama administration has chosen instead to call the countries nuclear "outliers" and has proposed means other than regime change to bring them back into "the community of nations." "Outlier States", the successor to Litwak's influential "Regime Change: U.S. Strategy through the Prism of 9/11" (2007), explores this significant policy adjustment and raises questions about its feasibility and its possible consequences. Do international norms apply only to states' external behavior, as it might ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421408118
SKU
V9781421408118
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About Robert S. Litwak
Robert S. Litwak is vice president for scholars and director of International Security Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center. He is author of Regime Change: U.S. Strategy through the Prism of 9/11.
Reviews for Outlier States: American Strategies to Change, Contain, or Engage Regimes
A fine and much recommended read for international studies collections. Midwest Book Review A very insightful book... Litwak is to be congratulated for his impressive contribution.
Paiso Jamakar Biz India Magazine Nothing has bedeviled U.S. foreign policy more since the end of the Cold War than how to deal with a collection of despotic, hostile, and dangerous middle-tier states, ... Read more
Paiso Jamakar Biz India Magazine Nothing has bedeviled U.S. foreign policy more since the end of the Cold War than how to deal with a collection of despotic, hostile, and dangerous middle-tier states, ... Read more