Economic Instruments of Security Policy [electronic resource] : Influencing Choices of Leaders /
Shiffman, Gary M.author.
Jochum, James J.author.
Governments have at their disposal many economic instruments to promote national security, such as sanctions, foreign aid, international trade, international finance and laws blocking funds for international terrorism. This book examines the use of theses economic policies and addresses how best to measure their effectiveness.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Individual; 1 States Don't Make Decisions;  People Do; Adam Smith and 21st-century national security; Maximizing, rationality, and the bounds of institutions; 2 The Economics of Autocracies; Ranchers and wolves; Predicting the dictator: a theoretical model; 3 Castro's Cuba in the 1990s and U.S. Sanctions; The Cuban economy in the 1990s; Dictating economic performance; Sanctions: truth in advertising; 4 Principles for Policy; How will we evaluate a policy?; Part II: The World; 5 Democracies and the Politics of Trade
Free trade agreementsCase study: the PRC; Case study: pistachios, rugs, and relationship-building; Export controls; India and commerce; PRC and public disclosure; Import restrictions; Case study: the PRC; Trade as a tool: roundup; 6 International Finance and Money as a Security Tool; Money; Inflation; Case study: Swiss dinars and Saddam dinars; Case study: Internet marketplace; 7 Exchange Rate Choices Matter to National Security; Choosing an exchange rate; Case study: dollarization; Maximize what?; 8 Maximizing Over Time Through Lending and Borrowing; Open economy-international investment
Case study: East Asian financial crisesCase study: Tibet vs the World Bank at Qinghai; Sovereign lending and foreign direct investment; Debt dynamics and debates; Summary: money, exchange regimes, debt; 9 Curing Poverty Helps National Security; Terrorism and poverty; Theory of growth; Incentives and growth; De-industrialization: when countries won't invest in domestic capacity; Case study: the Millennium Challenge Account; 10 Tools Against Terrorists; Case study: Saudi Arabian charities; Case study: Iraq; Case study: Syria; 11 International Law and Courts; Sovereign immunity
Case studies: the families of Armando Alejandre (45),Carlos Costa (29), Mario de la Peña (24),Pablo Morales (29), and Alisa Flatow (20) take onthe terroristsConclusion; Appendix; Notes and References; Bibliography; Index
Governments have at their disposal many economic instruments to promote national security, such as sanctions, foreign aid, international trade, international finance and laws blocking funds for international terrorism. This book examines the use of theses economic policies and addresses how best to measure their effectiveness.
International relations.
Macroeconomics.
International economics.
Microeconomics.
Political economy.
Politics and war.
International Relations.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
International Economics.
Microeconomics.
International Political Economy.
Military and Defence Studies.