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Conventional wisdom in Washington in recent years has maintained
that the US State Department is dramatically undernourished for the
work required of US civilian power. Developed in reaction to the
proposition that America's civilian agencies could not be made as
successful as the military, State of Disrepair: Fixing the Culture
and Practices of the State Department shows how the deficiencies in
focus, education, and programmatic proficiency impede the work of
the State Department and suggests how investing in those areas
could make the agency significantly more successful at building
stable and prosperous democratic governments around the world.Kori
Schake explains why, instead of burdening the US military with yet
another inherently civilian function, work should focus on bringing
those agencies of the government whose job it is to provide
development assistance up to the standard of success that our
military has achieved. Schake presents a vision of what a
successful State Department should look like and seeks to build
support for creating it. She offers suggestions aimed at creating a
solid basis for civilian-led US diplomacy, imagining a State
Department that actually does lead US foreign policy and makes
possible the projection of US civilian power as well as US military
force.
A diverse group of contributors offer different perspectives on
whether or not the different experiences of our military and the
broader society amounts to a ""gap""-and if the American public is
losing connection to its military. They analyze extensive polling
information to identify those gaps between civilian and military
attitudes on issues central to the military profession and the
professionalism of our military, determine which if any of these
gaps are problematic for sustaining the traditionally strong bonds
between the American military and its broader public, analyze
whether any problematic gaps are amenable to remediation by policy
means, and assess potential solutions. The contributors also
explore public disengagement and the effect of high levels of
public support for the military combined with very low levels of
trust in elected political leaders-both recurring themes in their
research. And they reflect on whether American society is becoming
so divorced from the requirements for success on the battlefield
that not only will we fail to comprehend our military, but we also
will be unwilling to endure a military so constituted to protect
us.
Kori Schake examines key questions about the United States'
position of power in the world, including, Why is the United
States' power so threatening? Is it sustainable? Does military
force still matter? How can we revise current practices to reduce
the U.S. cost of managing the system? What accounts for the United
States' stunning success in the round of globalization that swept
across the international order at the end of the twentieth century?
The author also offers suggestions on what issues the next
president should focus to build an even stronger foundation of U.S.
power.
Scholars and other specialists on Iran have argued about that
country's political intentions and strategic ambitions since the
overthrow of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and the establishment of
the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979. In the 1980's Iran's efforts
to export its revolution and support international terrorism raised
the question of whether a moderate Islamic republic that was able
to deal with the West could ever exist. This book analyzes the
implications of a Nuclear-armed Iran.
CONTENTS: Preface, Acknowledgments, Iran's World View and NBC
Weapons, A Walk on the Supply Side, The Regional Impact, Creating
Better Policy Options, Endnotes
Kori Schake examines key questions about the United States'
position of power in the world, including, Why is the United
States' power so threatening? Is it sustainable? Does military
force still matter? How can we revise current practices to reduce
the U.S. cost of managing the system? What accounts for the United
States' stunning success in the round of globalization that swept
across the international order at the end of the twentieth century?
The author also offers suggestions on what issues the next
president should focus to build an even stronger foundation of U.S.
power.
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