Global Perspectives on US Foreign Policy From the Outside In [Hardcover]

This book explores aspects of US foreign policy, including the development process as well as the policy itself in respect to various countries and regions and some significant issues around the globe today. Providing insight into non-US perspectives of American foreign policy, the book contextualizes the effects of policy on external nations.Introduction PART I: US FOREIGN POLICY IN ASIA 1. At the President's Pleasure: Constraints on Presidential Development of Foreign Policy in Sino-US Relations; Sally Burt 2. A Rising China and Obama's Foreign Policy: Taiwan's New Security Dilemma; Ts'ai, Yu-tai 3. Rethinking the Development of US-China Relations PART II: US FOREIGN POLICY IN SOUTH AMERICA 4. Contradictions and Double Standards in the American Democratic Mission: The Case of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; Daniel A?orve A?orve 5. Foreign Policy from a Comparative Perspective: Argentina, Brazil, and the USA at the Beginning of the 21st Century; Ignacio Liendo PART III: US FOREIGN POLICY IN AFRICA 6. United States Foreign Policy and the Quest for Regional Security in Sub-Saharan Africa; Mashood Omotosho 7. US Foreign Policy Towards Sub-Saharan African Countries: What Challenges to Democracy, Security, and Human Development?; Peter Sakwe Masumbe 8. US-Africa Relations: In Search of a New Paradigm; Idahosa Osaretin PART IV: US FOREIGN POLICY IN EUROPE 9. United States Influence on International Politics: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1991-1995; Alija Kozljak 10. US Democracy Promotion in Serbia and Croatia; Alessandra Pinna 11. Conclusion

Rarely are we able to get books about US foreign policy written by those who observe it 'from the outside in,' or those who are mainly impacted by it. For the most part, we get books by (elite) Americans writing about what Americans do outside the US from an American perspective. This book, authored by non-American scholars with a grasp on the existing literature, but with very different perspecl&