"Proposes an analytical foundation for national security that challenges long-held assumptions or outdated suppositions about foreign affairs. Presents case studies of American foreign policy toward developing countries, efforts at state building, and nations growing in importance. Concludes...

The global financial crisis as world politics -- Learning from the Great Depression -- From the first to the second U.S. postwar order -- Seeds of discord: the Asian financial crisis -- The new American model and the financial crisis -- The crisis and world politics -- The crisis and the...