The pattern of multilateral engagement and unilateral retrenchment
in American foreign policy from the Cold War through the Clinton,
Bush, and Obama years presents a puzzle. What accounts for the
unilateralist turn? Is it a passing aberration attributable to the
neoconservative ideology of the Bush administration? What then of
the disengagement evident earlier during Clinton's presidency, or
its continuation under Obama? Was the U.S. investment in
multilateral institutions following World War II an anomaly? Or is
the more recent retreat from international institutions the
irregularity? Skidmore traces U.S. unilateralism to the structural
effects of the end of the Cold War, both domestically and abroad,
to argue that the United States was more hegemonic than
multilateralist-a rule-maker, not a rule-taker. An "institutional
bargain" existed under the Cold War threat from the Soviets, but
absent those imperatives the United States has been less willing to
provide collective goods through strong international institutions
and other states are less willing to defer to U.S. exemptions. On
the home front, the post-Cold War political environment has made it
more difficult for presidents to resist the appeals of powerful
interests who are threatened by multilateral commitments. This book
demonstrates that American unilateralism has deeper roots and more
resilience than many expect. The unilateral temptation can only be
overcome through new political bargains domestically and
internationally that permit multilateral engagement, even the
absence of great power rivalry.
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