The Morality of Bush Administration Foreign Policy
Mark Amstutz Wednesday, 1 September 2004
A review of Power, Terror, Peace, and War: America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk, by Walter Russell Mead.
The U.S. global war on terror has precipitated a vigorous domestic and international debate over America's role in the world. What, for example, is the responsibility of the United States to failed states? How should it promote global order and enhance human dignity? Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter's national security advisor, for instance, argues in The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership that the United States has a responsibility to promote international order and global prosperity, but that it should do so through a cooperative, multilateral approach. Believing that unilateralism is a misguided and counterproductive strategy, Brzezinski argues that the United States will be far more successful in promoting international stability and prosperity if it relies on the soft power of co-option and cooperation rather than on the hard power of domination.
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