Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1 The Intrusion of Reality: The Genesis of the Etzioni Approach

2 Navigating Out of the Cold War: The Gradualist Proposal

3 Preventing a New Cold War: US-China Relations in the Twenty-First Century

4 Building a Global Community? The Post-9/11 Experience

5 The Security First Paradigm

6 Sheathing the Sword of Damocles: Deproliferation

7 The Challenges of Building Communities

8 Hot Spots: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century

Epilogue: The Advisor's Advice Ignored?

Index

About the Author

Nikolas K. Gvosdev

Reviews

-Communitarian Foreign Policy is a compelling narrative that captures the essence of Etzioni's views on improving international peace and security. By weaving an analysis of US foreign policy with an exposition of the Etzioni School, Gvosdev created required reading for those concerned with understanding past and future U.S. foreign policy.- --Derek Reveron, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School -This book describes the evolution of an enlightened realism--a realism based not only on the struggle for power but also on the possibilities for concerted cooperation around common interests. Effective policies dealing with global issues ranging from climate change to nuclear proliferation to migration will depend on realist leadership that is built from the bottom up, grounded in pragmatism, humble in its claims, gradualist in tempo, and ambitious in aligning national interests with global responsibilities. Etzioni's insights, analyzed and annotated by Gvosdev, gives us an indispensable guide to how this can come to be.- --Joel H. Rosenthal, president, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

"Communitarian Foreign Policy is a compelling narrative that captures the essence of Etzioni's views on improving international peace and security. By weaving an analysis of US foreign policy with an exposition of the Etzioni School, Gvosdev created required reading for those concerned with understanding past and future U.S. foreign policy." --Derek Reveron, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School "This book describes the evolution of an enlightened realism--a realism based not only on the struggle for power but also on the possibilities for concerted cooperation around common interests. Effective policies dealing with global issues ranging from climate change to nuclear proliferation to migration will depend on realist leadership that is built from the bottom up, grounded in pragmatism, humble in its claims, gradualist in tempo, and ambitious in aligning national interests with global responsibilities. Etzioni's insights, analyzed and annotated by Gvosdev, gives us an indispensable guide to how this can come to be." --Joel H. Rosenthal, president, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

"Communitarian Foreign Policy is a compelling narrative that captures the essence of Etzioni's views on improving international peace and security. By weaving an analysis of US foreign policy with an exposition of the Etzioni School, Gvosdev created required reading for those concerned with understanding past and future U.S. foreign policy." --Derek Reveron, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School "This book describes the evolution of an enlightened realism--a realism based not only on the struggle for power but also on the possibilities for concerted cooperation around common interests. Effective policies dealing with global issues ranging from climate change to nuclear proliferation to migration will depend on realist leadership that is built from the bottom up, grounded in pragmatism, humble in its claims, gradualist in tempo, and ambitious in aligning national interests with global responsibilities. Etzioni's insights, analyzed and annotated by Gvosdev, gives us an indispensable guide to how this can come to be." --Joel H. Rosenthal, president, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs