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Sebastiao C. Velasco e Cruz

The United States in a Troubled World: Essays in Interpretation

The United States in a Troubled World: Essays in Interpretation

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The book provides an overview of the main changes in the US foreign policy in response to the transformations in the international order in the last decades. It discusses how the US responded to challenges such as military interventions, economic crises, the rise of BRICs, and right-wing populism. The volume is written by a founding member of the World International Studies Committee and will be of interest to researchers in international relations and political science.

Format: Hardback
Length: 219 pages
Publication date: 07 December 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG


The United States has undergone significant changes in its foreign policy in response to the transformations in the international order over the past decades. After the end of the Cold War, the USA invested in the universalization of the market economy and the strengthening of its military supremacy. However, new developments demanded reorientations in the country's foreign strategy.

The controversial military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, the 2008 economic crisis, the rise of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), and the rise of right-wing populism have all altered the global political landscape and demanded new responses from the most powerful country in the world.

This volume brings together nine essays by Sebastião C. Velasco e Cruz, a founding member of the World International Studies Committee, which analyze how the United States foreign policy responded to these growing challenges. The essays cover topics such as:

The evolution of the American geopolitical strategy after the end of the Cold War
How US foreign policy reacted to challenges to security and dilemmas of the international order
Barack Obama's foreign policy and world politics
Donald Trump and the rise of populism in the USA
US relations with BRICs and Latin America

The United States in a Troubled World: Essays on Interpretation will be of interest to international relations and political science researchers both within and outside the United States.

Weight: 524g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030879136
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022

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