Self-Esteem, Altruism, and Power in Multipolarity

Hanna Samir Kassab, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University has published “Prestige, Humiliation And Saving Face: National Identity and Great Power Politics” in Contemporary Military Challenges and is the recipient of the Department of Defense’s Minerva Grant: “Food Fights: War Narratives and Identity Reproduction in Evolving Conflicts.”

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The Problem of Ideology in American Foreign Policy.-Chapter 3 The Problem of Status and State Identities in a Multipolar World.- Chapter 4 The Problem of Decisionism and Altruism in American Foreign Policy.- Chapter 5 Conclusions.