US Foreign Policy in a New Era

Andrew Price-Smith was a leading scholar of global health security and the David Packard Professor of International Relations and Director of the Global Health Initiative at Colorado College. Price-Smith specialized in analyses of the effects of disease, environmental change, and energy scarcity on the security of nations. He was the author of numerous books and articles, including Rising Threats, Enduring Challenges (OUP) and Oil, Illiberalism, and War; Contagion and Chaos; and The Health of Nations (MIT Press).

• Chapter 1: Origins and History of the International System1.1 Origins of the International System1.2 Reformation and War1.3 Imperialism1.4 The Making of the Modern State1.5 The Perils of AnarchyChapter 2: The Cold War2.1 The Rise of the United Nations2.2 Containment2.3 NSC-682.4 Domino Theory2.5 Guatemala2.6 The Cuban Missile Crisis, 19622.7 The Vietnam War2.8 Nuclear Deterrence and Arms Control2.9 SALT and the ABM Treaty2.10 Nixon's Opening to China and Efforts in the Persian Gulf2.11 The Carter Doctrine2.12 The Reagan Doctrine2.13 The Strategic Defense Initiative: SDI2.14 The End of the Cold War2.15 Triumph of the West2.16 Gorbachev as an Agent of Change2.17 Finding a Path: from What? to Why?Chapter 3: The Three Branches of Government and US Foreign Policy3.1 Shared War Powers3.2 The Executive Branch: Powers of the Presidency3.3 Limits to Presidential Power3.4 Presidential Advisors and Executive Institutions3.5 Congressional Power and Foreign Policy Budgetary Powers3.6 The Role of the JudiciaryChapter 4: Foreign Policy Decisions and the Question of Leadership4.1 The Psyche of the President4.2 The Influence of Ideas Upon Foreign Policy4.3 Bounded Rationality4.4 Operational Codes4.5 Attribution Theory4.6 Heuristics4.7 The Bureaucratic Politics Paradigm4.8 The Operational Process Paradigm4.9 Presidents as LeadersChapter 5: External Influences on US Foreign Policy5.1 Foreign Governments5.2 Political Issue Groups5.3 Economic Issue Groups5.4 Identity-based Groups5.5 Politics and the Media5.6 Media and Foreign Policy5.7 Fake News5.8 Public Opinion5.9 US Health SecurityChapter 6: International Political Economy 6.1 The Great Depression6.2 The Bretton Woods System6.3 The Marshall Plan6.4 The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)6.5 The Washington Consensus6.6 The GATT and the World Trade Organization6.7 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)6.8 Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)6.9 Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)6.10 The Political Economy of US Foreign Aid6.11 The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund6.12 The Great Recession of 2008-106.13 The Era of Globalization 6.14 Declining Public Support for Free-Trade and Foreign AidChapter 7: The Era of Transformation (1991-2007) 7.1 The Unipolar Moment7.2 Operation Desert Storm (1990-91)7.3 Somalia (1992)7.4 The Clinton Years7.5 The G.W. Bush YearsChapter 8: The Era of Retrenchment (2008-)8.1 The Obama Administration (2008-16)8.2 The Trump Administration (2017-2021)8.3 The Biden Administration (2021-)Chapter 9: US-Russian Relations 9.1 Post-Cold War and 9/119.2 NATO and EU Enlargement9.3 The Invasion of Georgia, 20089.4 Obama's

An accessible, informative, comprehensive introduction to US foreign policy. It provides the reader with tools of analysis and ways of making sense of both continuity and change. It empowers the reader to be both analyst and critic as in their journey through the successes, failures, and complexities of US foreign policy, both yesterday and today." Professor Frances T. Pilch, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Political Science, United States Air Force Academy