Global Power of Talk: Negotiating America's Interests

Global Power of Talk: Negotiating America's Interests
ISBN-10
1317258908
ISBN-13
9781317258902
Category
Political Science
Pages
230
Language
English
Published
2015-11-17
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
I. William Zartman, Fen Osler Hampson

Description

The Global Power of Talk explores the power of negotiation and diplomacy in US foreign policy at a critical juncture in US history. Beginning with the failure of US diplomacy in relation to Saddam Hussein's regime in the 1980s, it shows how a series of diplomatic blunders has laid the foundations for the uninhibited use of 'gun power' over 'talk power' in the last two decades. It critically examines missed opportunities in America's handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in both the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. In a provocative conclusion, the authors argue that the United States can and should negotiate with the so-called 'unengageables' like Iran, North Korea, and Al-Qaeda, in order to find ways to defuse underlying tensions in the global system.

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