Summary: Ethical Realism E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Political Book Summaries
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 20

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

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The must-read summary of Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman's book: “Ethical Realism: a Vision for America’s Role in the World”.

This complete summary of "Ethical Realism" by Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman, two experts in foreign policy, presents their manifesto-style work that explains the new way forward of America highlighting the role of foreign policy. They outline core principles and a set of concrete proposals for tackling the terrorist threat and contending with nations that may pose a danger to the United States.

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Book Presentation: Ethical Realism by Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman

Book Abstract

America today faces a world more complicated than ever before, but both political parties have failed to envision a foreign policy that addresses our greatest threats. As a result, the United States risks lurching from crisis to crisis. In Ethical Realism, Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman, two distinguished policy experts from different political camps, have joined forces to write an impassioned manifesto that illuminates a new way forward.

Rather than blindly asserting a mixture of American power and the transformative effects of democracy, Lieven and Hulsman call for a foreign policy that recognizes America’s real strengths and weaknesses, and those of other nations. They explain how the United States can successfully combine genuine morality with tough and practical common sense.

About the Author

Anatol Lieven is the author of America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism. He writes frequently for the Financial Times and the International Herald Tribune. He is also a senior research fellow at the new America Foundation. John Hulsman is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations and a contributing editor at the National Interest. He has advised congressional leaders from both parties on foreign policy and he makes numerous appearances on ABC, CBS, FOX, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, and the BBC.

Summary of Ethical Realism (Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman)

Introduction

America’s failures in Iraq reflect not just the Bush Administration’s flawed strategy for dealing with terror, but a deeply inadequate way of looking at the world. At the core of the Bush Administration’s faulty thinking is the notion that because America is so powerful and naturally good, it has a duty to spread the benefits of freedom and democracy. Particularly problematic, in this regard, is the notion that the United States can spread democracy, and therefore promote its interests, by waging war to establish free societies abroad.