Friends, Foes, and Future Directions : U. S. Partnerships in a Turbulent World: Strategic Rethink.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Figures and Tables -- Executive Summary -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. The Partnership Setting -- The Historical Importance of U.S. Partnerships -- Global Trends Affecting U.S. Partnerships -- Partnerships Increasingly Require U.S. Political Flexibility -- Alternative U.S. Approaches to Partnership Engagement -- CHAPTER THREE. Anatomy of the Potential Adversaries -- China -- Russia -- North Korea -- Iran -- Salafi Jihadists -- Cooperation Among Potential Adversaries -- These Adversaries Create Vulnerable Partners -- Back to Bipolarity? -- Formidable Adversaries Make U.S. Retrenchment Difficult on Its Partners -- A Strategy for Dealing with Potential Adversaries -- CHAPTER FOUR. U.S. Constraints Limit Assertiveness -- U.S. Attitudes Toward Global Responsibility -- Shifting Global Defense Spending -- Is the United States Overextended? -- U.S. Power to Coerce -- U.S. Energy Exports to Partners -- The Impact of Budgetary Constraints and Public Attitude -- CHAPTER FIVE. European Partners and the "Free Rider" Problem -- Paradigm Lost -- Vulnerable Partners -- Declining Capabilities and Will in Europe -- Three Pivotal Partners: The United Kingdom, Germany, and Turkey -- Can Venus Become Mars? -- Assessing the Historical "Free Rider" Problem -- Transatlantic Trade and Security -- Europe in North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia -- A Regional Strategy for Europe -- CHAPTER SIX. Asian Partners and Inadequate Security Structures -- The U.S. Pivot to Asia -- Strategic Dangers in Asia -- Areas of Tension and Vulnerable Nations -- Asia's Security Architecture Is Underdeveloped -- Two Pivotal Partners: Japan and India -- The Trans-Pacific Partnership -- Military Options for Dealing with China -- Potential Strategies for Managing China -- A Regional Strategy for Asia. CHAPTER SEVEN. In Search of a Middle East Partnership Strategy -- The Middle East Today -- Vulnerable American Partners -- Layers of Chaos and Contradiction -- Pivotal Partners: Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan -- Russia Joins the Fray -- Alternatives for a New Middle East Strategy -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Conclusion: Choosing an Approach -- Abbreviations -- References.