Making U.S. Foreign Policy toward South Asia
Subtitle: Regional Imperatives and the Imperial Presidency
Contributors: Lloyd I. Rudolph (Editor); Susanne Rudolph (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press; Combined Academic [distributor
Published: March 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780253220004
Subjects: Asian studies; International relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Indian sub-continent; USA; International Relations - General; Asia - India & South Asia
Description: "Making U.S. Foreign Policy toward South Asia situates U.S. foreign policy processes in the contexts of three imperial presidencies: the administrations of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and George W. Bush. The contributors examine the changing contours of U.S. relations with South Asian states through two contrasting models of presidential policy making: imperative coordination, which is based on hierarchy and command and executed by presidents' men who serve at his pleasure and are committed to his partisan interests in the near term; and deliberative coordination, based on collegiality and persuasion and executed by foreign policy and military professionals knowledgeable about the regional, bi-lateral, and global dimensions of national interests and national security." -- Publisher's description.