There are important reasons for the distinct yet significant course
adjustments in American and Western foreign policy, which is
currently focused on the Middle Eastern and Chinese "hot spots." In
early 2012, the United States "pivoted" to make the Far East its
military and strategic first priority, thereby downgrading the
Middle East. This change in priorities has been accompanied by a
curtailed military budget and the end of the two-war doctrine.
Amitai Etzioni argues that pivoting towards the Far East is
premature and flawed in principle. China can and should be treated
for the near future as a potential partner in a changing global
order, rather than contained and made into an enemy. At the same
time, he argues, the true hot spots continue to be in the Middle
East, albeit not in Iraq or Afghanistan, but in Iran and Pakistan.
Less urgent but of great importance are the ways the West deals
with a complex and varied Muslim world, with political Islamic
parties and social movements, and with future waves of Arab
awaking. Here the distinction between security and nation building
becomes essential for both normative and strategic reasons.
Etzioni expects that we will see few armed humanitarian
interventions of the kind we witnessed in 2011 in Libya. To this
end, he examines policies that threaten and favor the promotion of
human rights. This timely book is written with Etzioni's customary
deep appreciation for important issues.
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