A Leader Without Followers? The United States in World Politics after Bush |
| Published: November 26, 2007, 6:08 pm |
| Tags: transatlantic relations, economic policy, globalisation, international relations, bush, eu, international realtions, politics, us |
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The Policy Paper based on Professor Buzan’s talk (also available as video) with the above title is now available. From the introduction: During the second half of the 20th century, the United States was without question an outstandingly successful leading power. It took over leadership of the West during the Second World War, and used that victory to bring Western Europe and Japan into the democratic sphere. It then led the West in the long and eventually successful struggle against the Soviet Union over whether industrial society would be organised on the principles of capitalist liberal democracy or centrally-planned totalitarianism. During the Cold War, the United States was instrumental in transforming some of the key practices of international relations, mainly within the Western camp, but increasingly beyond it. In particular, the US promoted a twin revolution by spreading the market as the key organising principle for the world economy, and multilateralism as the expected [ Full article ] |
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