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Author Blackwill, Robert D., author.

Title War by other means : geoeconomics and statecraft / Robert D. Blackwill and Jennifer M. Harris.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 366 pages)
text file PDF
Physical Medium polychrome
Note "A Council on Foreign Relations Book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-350) and index.
Contents What is geoeconomics? -- Geoeconomics and the international system -- Today's leading geoeconomic instruments -- Geoeconomics in Chinese foreign policy -- Geoeconomic strength in Beijing and beyond -- U.S. foreign policy and geoeconomics in historical context -- America's geoeconomic potential -- The geoeconomics of North America's energy revolution -- American foreign policy in an age of economic power -- Geoeconomics, U.S. grand strategy, and American national interests.
Summary "A book about how nations use economic instruments to pursue geopolitical objectives. From Russia's coercive economic pressure on Ukraine, in Europe, and in Central Asia; to the steady sums of money that Gulf monarchies have extended to the Egyptian government following the ouster of President Morsi; to the varied economic retributions that China has dealt along its periphery amid tensions in the South and East China Seas--states are increasingly waging geopolitics with capital, attempting with sovereign checkbooks and other economic tools to achieve foreign policy objectives once the target of military coercion or conquest. For many countries, the theater of foreign policy engagement is predominantly markets. Today's leaders are as or more likely to air disagreements with foreign policies through restrictions on trade, or the buying and selling of debt, as through military activities. Not the United States. For Washington policymakers, vital national interests are still defined and pursued largely in political-military terms, a framework that sacrifices the power and potential of economics and finance as instruments of state purpose. This book aims to advance a comprehensive understanding of how states are applying economic instruments to advance geopolitical ends--a brand of statecraft the authors term geoeconomics--and what today's geoeconomic practices imply for how the United States in particular should think about and conduct its foreign affairs."--Provided by publisher.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language In English.
Subject Economic sanctions -- Political aspects.
Economic sanctions.
International economic relations -- Political aspects.
International economic relations -- Political aspects.
United States -- Foreign economic relations -- 21st century.
United States.
International economic relations.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Geopolitics.
Geopolitics.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Harris, Jennifer M., 1981- author.
Other Form: Print version: Blackwill, Robert D. War by other means. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016 9780674737211 (DLC) 2015037690 (OCoLC)926061594
ISBN 9780674545960 (electronic book)
0674545966 (electronic book)
9780674737211
0674737210
Standard No. 10.4159/9780674545960