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Title

Rogue states and U.S. foreign policy : containment after the Cold War / Robert S. Litwak.

Author

Litwak, Robert

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; [Baltimore] : Distributed by the Johns Hopkins University Press, c2000.

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Description

xv, 290 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

President Clinton and other U.S. officials have warned that "rogue states" pose a major threat to international peace in the post-Cold War era. But what exactly is a rogue state? Does the concept foster a sound approach to foreign policy, or is it, in the end, no more than a counterproductive political epithet? Robert Litwak traces the origins and development of rogue state policy and then assesses its efficacy through detailed case studies of Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. He shows that the policy is politically selective, inhibits the ability of U.S. policymakers to adapt to changed conditions, and has been rejected by the United States' major allies. Litwak concludes that by lumping and demonizing a disparate group of countries, the rogue state approach obscures understanding and distorts policymaking. In place of a generic and constricting strategy, he argues for the development of "differentiated" strategies of containment, tailored to the particular circumstances within individual states.

Alternative Title

Rogue states and United States foreign policy

Subject

• Aggression (International law)
• Intervention (International law)
• Belligerency
• United States > Foreign relations > 1993-2001

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1. Policy development -- The post-Cold War context -- U.S. strategy toward rogue states (1) : origins and development -- U.S. strategy toward rogue states (2) : assessment and alternatives -- Pt. 2. Case studies -- Iraq : containing Saddam Hussein after the Gulf War -- Iran : revolutionary state or ready to rejoin the "family of nations"? -- North Korea : limited engagement by necessity.

ISBN

• 0943875978 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
• 0943875986 (hc : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^99050562^

OCLC

42719780

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library