The end of the Cold War brought new concerns regarding international threats. Attention has now turned toward outlaw nations, notorious for state-sponsored terrorism, drug trafficking, and a desire to acquire nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. Political scientist Raymond Tanter discusses U.S. foreign policy and explores the reasons why these countries are perceived as threats .
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“Tanter's accounts of the infighting offer illuminating insights into the decision-making process.” —The Washington Post
“. . . Highly informative.” —The Washington Times
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“. . . Highly informative.” —The Washington Times
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"Tanter's book addresses one of the most important and vexing challenges facing governments in the post-Cold War era: coping with regimes that use terror--'Rogue Regimes'--and are equipped with weapons of mass destruction. He imaginatively explores a wide range of strategies that might be used to counter these Rogues." --Henry Rowen, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
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Tanter views complex policy options in the post-coldwar era.,
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This review is from: Rogue Regimes: Terrorism and Proliferation (Hardcover)
Professor Tanter identifies the rogue gallery during the cold war as containing Stalin, Brezhnev and Mao. With the end of the cold war, America faces different threats. No longer do Americans worry daily about global nuclear war, nevertheless risks, including terrorism, remain. The chapter on Cuba has a marvelous discussion on the interplay between domestic and foreign policy and outlines a variety of policy options available to Washington. The author says that policy makers must analyze the interplay between threat perception, domestic politics and national security. Given the various concerns, Tanter says the option of continuing economic sanctions makes sense if a national security threat reamins, but the policy is less legitimate if domestic politics are the chief motivating force. The discussion includes the cases of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, North Korea as well as Cuba. The reader comes away with a sense of the difficulties that will face any administration in Washington.
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I have re-read the book after a few years and was struck by how the analysis from 1999 is more relevant today, even after 11 eventful years. The dynamics described by the author in 1999 have turned into even greater threats today. The author shows remarkable foresight in not only identifying the players that shape our foreign policy reality but also the dynamics behind the conflicts. Definitely worth reading.
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Belongs on the desk of anyone serious about foreign policy!,
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A MUST READ for anyone interested in one of the major post-Cold War challenges of our time: how to deal with rogue governments and their leaders who pose a global threat in terms of state-sponsored terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The book adds a new intellectual dimension into the heated international debate over the use of sanctions, i.e. whether they should be used to induce rehabilitation or punish by retribution. Rogue Regimes is also immensely helpful for all those interested and confounded by the American foreign policy-making process, including the interplay of such determinants as national security interests, US-European relations, domestic interest groups, ideals, bureaucratic politics, and economic and commercial interests.
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activist doves, libertarian doves, unmotivated bias, threat magnification, differentiated containment, rogue state threat, tacit alignment, rehabilitative sanctions, rogue regimes, retributive sanctions, chemical armaments, dual containment, domestic political constituencies, sponsor international terrorism, facto annexation, terrorism list, rogue leaders, sanctions act, multilateral sanctions, unilateral sanctions, bureaucratic warfare, threat perception, chemical weapons production, national security bureaucracy, interagency process Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North Korea, Cold War, Saudi Arabia, White House, State Department, Middle East, South Korea, Clinton Administration, United Nations, Golan Heights, Arab Gulf, Abu Nidal, Soviet Union, Saddam Hussein, Reagan Administration, National Security Council, Korean War, President Clinton, Carter Administration, President Reagan, Department of Defense, Ayatollah Khomeni, Gulf of Sidra, Abu Abbas New!
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