As the world economy emerges from the financial crisis, critics are
announcing an end of the American era. The United States is said to
be in an inexorable decline, and the expectation for the 21st
century is for China to eclipse America and for the contours of
global governance to blur. The loss of America's preeminent status
will undercut our sway abroad and our safety and standard of living
at home. But is America really done? Is the American era really
over? In this provocative account, based on interviews with senior
policymakers and cutting-edge research, Kati Suominen argues that
talk of the end of Pax Americana is more smoke than fire. The
international crisis did not fundamentally change the way the world
is run. The G20 is but an American-created sequel to the G8, the US
dollar still reigns supreme, and no country has resigned from the
US-built, post-war financial institutions like the International
Monetary Fund. This continuity reflects an absence of alternatives;
there are no rival orders that would match the growth and
globalization generated by leaving the United States at the helm.
But Washington has no time for complacency. The American order is
peerless, but it is also imperiled. To transcend this critical
moment in history, the United States must step up and lead. Only
America can uphold its order. In an interdependent world economy of
rising powers, the US must stand for strategic multilateralism:
striking deals with pivotal powers to tame destabilizing financial
imbalances, securing free and fair markets abroad for US banks and
businesses, and transforming the IMF and emerging Asian and
European financial schemes into rapid responders to instability.
General
| Imprint: |
Stanford University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 2012 |
| First published: |
June 2012 |
| Authors: |
Kati Suominen
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth
|
| Pages: |
328 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8047-8154-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-8047-8154-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780804781541 |
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