National Security Under the Obama Administration (Hardcover)

Introduction: B.M.Rajaee & M.J.Miller PART I: US NATIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES Obama's Grand Strategy: Agenda and Constraints; S.Kaufman The Somalia Syndrome and US National Security: From Bush to Obama; R.Patman & A.Reitzig American Defense Policy after the Cold War: A Rational Construction or a Consequence of an Extensive Lobby?; J.Cortinhas Obama's Intelligence Policy: Meeting New Challenges; C.Lepri PART II: WORLD REGIONS Grand Bargain or Grand Strategy: The Obama Administration and Russia Policy; G.Flikke PLA Military Modernization and Sino-Russian Cooperation; H.Lien US Foreign Policy toward Bangladesh: Implications of the Rise of Islamist Terrorism; S.Khan Continuity or Change in U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa: A South African Perspective; G.Ramuhala Cooperation and Discord in South America in the Twenty-First Century: The Consequences of the Colombia-United States Military Agreement of 2009; F.S.Cabarcas PART III: POLICY ISSUES American Foreign Policy and the Continuing Struggle against Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World; M.Khan & S.J.Chehab Formulating War Aims in a Protracted War Environment: Lessons for US National Security Policy; G.Frechero Transition to the Endgame: The Challenge of US Policy toward Afghanistan; D.Green