The frugal superpower : America's global leadership in a cash-strapped era /
Mandelbaum, Michael.
New York : PublicAffairs,
2011, c2010.
Mandelbaum describes the policies the United States will have to discontinue, assesses the potential threats from China, Russia, and Iran, and recommends a new policy centered on a reduction in the nation's dependence on foreign oil.
Includes index.
The tyranny of numbers. A new era ; Entitlements ; Foreign policy limits -- The novelty of scarcity. The arc of American foreign policy ; The limits of American decline ; The world's government -- Adaptation to scarcity. The seat belt effect ; The end of intervention ; The limits of cooperation -- The return of great-power politics? The global security order ; China ; Russia -- The heart of geopolitics. The Middle East ; Oil ; The new containment.
Mandelbaum describes the policies the United States will have to discontinue, assesses the potential threats from China, Russia, and Iran, and recommends a new policy centered on a reduction in the nation's dependence on foreign oil.
Budget
Finance, Public