Security First

For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy

By: Amitai Etzioni

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Paperback | 1 September 2008 | Edition Number 1

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"Rarely have more profound changes in American foreign policy been called for than today," begins Amitai Etzioni in the preface to this book. Yet Etzioni's concern is not to lay blame for past mistakes but to address the future: What can now be done to improve U.S. relations with the rest of the world?
What should American policies be toward recently liberated countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan, or rogue states like North Korea and Iran? When should the United States undertake humanitarian intervention abroad? What must be done to protect America from nuclear terrorism? The author asserts that providing basic security must be the first priority in all foreign policy considerations, even ahead of efforts to democratize. He sets out essential guidelines for a foreign policy that makes sense in the real world, builds on moral principles, and creates the possibility of establishing positive relationships with Muslim nations and all others.
Etzioni has considered the issues deeply and for many years. His conclusions fall into no neat categories--neither "liberal" nor "conservative"--for he is guided not by ideology but by empirical evidence and moral deliberation. His proposal rings with the sound of reason, and this important book belongs on the reading list of every concerned leader, policy maker, and voter in America.

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Preface	p. ix
Security First: For Us, Them, and the World	p. 1
A Principled, Realistic Approach	p. 2
Policy Implications	p. 8
Implications for Failing States	p. 14
Implications for Newly Liberated Nations	p. 19
The Limits of Social Engineering	p. 37
A Primitive Art	p. 37
The Lessons of Democratization	p. 42
The Lessons of Reconstruction and Economic Development	p. 58
The Lessons of Nation-Building	p. 76
The True Fault Line: Warriors Vs. Preachers	p. 85
Fewer Enemies, More (Potential) Allies: The Global Importance of Illiberal Moderates	p. 85
Violent vs. Persuasive Beliefs in Three Religious Belief Systems	p. 103
Violent and Persuasive Beliefs in Secular Theories of Social Change	p. 127
Violent and Persuasive Beliefs in Islam	p. 134
Illiberal Moderate Muslims: The Global Swing Vote	p. 140
The Importance of Moral Culture	p. 152
The Soft Underbelly of Security	p. 152
Religion's Key Role in U.S. Foreign Policy	p. 173
Grounds for Intervention	p. 193
Whose Security? The Responsibility to Protect	p. 193
Responsibility as an International Communitarian Principle	p. 199
A Second Duty: To Prevent?	p. 204
Security Requires a New Global Architecture	p. 208
The Third Ought to Be First	p. 209
Who Will Attack?	p. 220
A Strategic Shift: From Controlled Maintenance to Deproliferation	p. 234
Muscular, Moral Power	p. 243
Notes	p. 249
Acknowledgments	p. 295
Index	p. 297
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