The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (673 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N28MXH4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Given its emotional pull, however, the concept is easily highjacked by political opportunists. The concept wields symbolic power, implying something sacred and inalienable: the right of the people to control their fate without subordination to outside authorities. The United States cannot successfully manage globalization, much less insulate itself from cross-border threats, on its own. Ever since, the nation has faced persistent, often heated debates about how to maintain that sovereignty, and whether it is endangered when the United States enters international organizations, treaties, and alliances about which Washington warned.As the recent election made clear, sovereignty is also one of the most frequently invoked, polemical, and misunderstood concepts in politics—particularly American politics. By playing the sovereignty card, they can curtail more reasoned debates over the merits of proposed international commitments by portraying supporters of global treaties or organizations as enemie
Patrick writes the blog, The Internationalist.. Stewart Patrick is the senior fellow and director of the program on International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). His areas of expertise include multilateral cooperation in the management of global issues; U.S. policy toward international institutions, including the United Nations; and the challenges posed by fragile, failing, and post-conflict
policy toward international institutions, including the United Nations; and the challenges posed by fragile, failing, and post-conflict states. Patrick writes the blog, The Internationalist.. His areas of expertise include multilateral cooperation in the management of global issues; U.S. About the AuthorStewart Patrick is the senior fellow and director of the program on International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)