Chapter 11: Economic Statecraft

Annotated Internet References

The Economic Policy Institute (www.epinet.org) conducts research on global trade, globalization, NAFTA, and China-U.S. relations, among other economic and budgetary policies. The EPI’s Web site provides statistics and policy reports on research topics including free trade, U.S. agricultural/commercial relations, fast-track powers, and other trade and globalization issues.

 

The Institute for International Economics (www.iie.com) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center focused on international economic policy. In addition to providing statistics and information regarding globalization, U.S. economic policy, debt, international trade, and international investment, IIE’s Web site includes policy briefs, speeches, working papers, information on its books, and links to similar topics.

 

The International Monetary Fund (www.imf.org) is a 184-member international organization focusing on international monetary cooperation, financial stability, and temporary financial assistance to needy countries. The IMF’s Web site provides fact sheets on lending, country statistics, helpful glossaries of financial terms, and links to other banks and international organizations.

 

The International Political Economy Network (www.isanet.org/sections/ipe/) is hosted through the IPE section of the International Studies Association, a professional organization for political scientists focusing on issues related to global politics. This Web site, which includes links to journals, books, think tanks, organizations, book reviews, and announcements, is a helpful research tool for those interested in studying international political economy.

 

The International Trade Administration (www.ita.doc.gov) is a government agency committed to providing U.S. export and import data. The ITA’s Web site includes data on export growth and market expansion and information on national and state trade levels, balances, sectors, and regions.

 

The home page of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (www.ustr.gov) provides links and access to bilateral and multilateral trade data and events. Information on the site regarding NAFTA, the WTO, and free-trade negotiations, in addition to speeches, testimony, trade legislation, and daily updates regarding international trade, are particularly helpful for research.

 

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (www.oecd.org) is an international body that promotes stability and growth--economic, democratic, and social--around the globe. The primary mission of the OECD is to promote capital markets and democratic growth by focusing on trade and aid development issues. OECD’s Web site includes extensive statistical data on trade, aid, and economic growth, as well as publications discussing specific foreign economic missions.

 

The United States Department of Commerce (www.commerce.gov) is vested with the mission to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce of the United States. In doing so, Commerce manages and analyzes trade and international economic policy.

 

The United States Agency for International Development (www.usaid.gov) provides information and statistics regarding U.S. foreign and military aid to other countries. USAID’s Web site includes detailed information regarding humanitarian efforts and specific mission programs to other countries. Other research topics on the site are agriculture, democratization, global health, and humanitarian mission projects. A full database of U.S. foreign aid is available for all years of allocation.

 

The mission of the World Bank (www.worldbank.org) is to fight poverty and economic disparities by providing loans and financial assistance to countries around the globe. The World Bank site discusses the Bank’s specific projects and missions as well as providing statistics on trade, aid, poverty, and other demographic issues.

 

The World Trade Organization (www.wto.org) is an international organization that promotes open trade relations among countries. The WTO Web site includes information regarding trade regulations, industry and business sector descriptions, currency and trade statistics, and annual growth reports.

Suggested Readings Cited in Chapter 11

Addis, Adeno. 2003. “Economic Sanctions and the Problem of Evil.” Human Rights Quarterly 25 (3): 573–623.

 

Baldwin, David A. 1985. Economic Statecraft. Princeton University Press.

 

Brown, Sherrod. 2004. Myths of Free Trade: Why American Policy has Failed. New York: W.W. Norton and Company.

 

Brunn, Stanley D. (2006). Wal-Mart World: The World's Biggest Corporation in the Global Economy. Routledge.

 

Cohen, Stephen D., Robert A. Blecker, and Peter D. Whitney. 2003. Fundamentals of U.S. Trade Policy. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press.

 

Cortright, David, and George A. Lopez, eds. 2002. Smart Sanctions: Targeting Economic Statecraft. Lanham, Md.: Roman and Littlefield.

 

Cox, Dan G., and A. Cooper Drury. 2006. “Democratic Sanctions: Connecting the Democratic Peace and Economic Sanctions.” Journal of Peace Research 43 (6): 709-722.

 

Drezner, Daniel W. 2003. “Hidden Hand of Economic Coercion.” International Organization 57 (summer): 643-659.

 

Dryden, Steve. 1995. Trade Warriors: USTR and the American Crusade for Free Trade. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Easterly, William. 2006. The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. New York: Penguin Press.

 

Gibson, Martha L. 2000. Conflict and Consensus in American Trade Policy. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press.

 

Griswold, Daniel T. 2002. “NAFTA at 10: An Economic and Foreign Policy Success.” Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute: http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/FTBs/FTB-001.html.

 

Hayden, Patrick, and Chamsey El-Ojelli. 2005. Confronting Globalization: Humanity, Justice, and the Renewal of Politics. Palgrave MacMillan.

 

Kirshner, Olin. 2005. “Triumph of Globalism: American Trade Politics.” Political Science Quarterly 120 (3): 479-503.

 

Lacy, Dean, and Emerson Niou. 2004. “A Theory of Economic Sanctions and Issues-Linkage.” Journal of Politics 66 (1): 25-42.

 

Lopez, George A., and David Cortright. 2004. “Containing Iraq: Sanctions Worked.” Foreign Affairs 83 (4): 90-104.

 

Major, Saloman, and Anthony McGann. 2005. “Caught in the Crossfire: Innocent Bystanders as Optimal Targets of Economic Sanctions.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 49 (3): 337-359.

 

Marinov, Nikolag. 2005. “Do Economic Sanctions Destabilize Country Leaders?” American Journal of Political Science 49 (3): 564-576.

 

McGee, Robert W. 2003. “The Ethics of Economic Sanctions.” Economic Affairs 23 (4): 41-45.

 

Nanto, Dick K., and Thomas Lum. 2006. “U.S. International Trade: Data and Forecasts.” Congressional Research Service, Order Code IB96038.

 

Pape, Robert A. 1997. “Why Economic Sanctions Do Not Work.” International Security 22 (2): 90-136.

 

Rothgeb, John M., Jr. 2001. U.S. Trade Policy: Balancing Economic Dreams and Political Realities. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press.

 

Sharp, Jeremy M. 2006. “U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel.” Congressional Research Service, Order Number

RL33222.

 

----- 2006. “U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Middle East Historical Background, Recent Trends, and the FY2007 Request.” Congressional Research Service, Order Number RL32260.

 

Shoch, James. 2001. Trading Blows: Party Competition and U.S. Trade Policy in a Globalizing World. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

 

Stiglitz, Joseph A., and Andrew Charlton. 2005. Fair Trade for All. How Trade Can Promote Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Tarnoff, Curt. 2007. “Millennium Challenge Account.” Congressional Research Service, Order Code RL32427.

 

Tarnoff, Curt, and Larry Nowels. 2004. “Foreign Aid: An Introductory Overview of U.S. Programs and Policy.” Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, April 15. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service.

 

Tostensen, Arne, and Beate Bull. 2002. “Are Smart Sanctions Feasible?” World Politics 54 (April): 373–404.

 

Vizentini, Paulo, and Marianne Wisebrom, eds. 2004. Free Trade for the Americas? The United States’ Push for the FTAA Agreement. New York: Zed Books.

Suggested Readings Following the Themes of Chapter 11

Cooper, William H. 2006. “Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy.” Congressional Research Service, Order Number 31356.

 

Dam, Kenneth. 2004. The Rules of the Global Game: A New Look at U.S. International Economic Policymaking. University of Chicago Press.

 

Destler, I.M. 2005. American Trade Politics, fourth edition. Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics.

 

Destler, I.M., and Peter J. Balint. 1999. The New Politics of American Trade: Trade, Labor, and

Environment. Washington D.C.: Institute for International Economics.

 

Dombrowski, Peter, ed. 2005. Guns and Butter: The Political Economy of International Security. Denver, CO: Lynne Rienner.

 

Drezner, Daniel W. 1999. The Sanctions Paradox: Economic Statecraft and International Relations. Cambridge University Press.

 

Elwell, Craig K. 2006. “Trade, Trade Barriers, and Trade Deficits: Implications for U.S. Economic Welfare.” Congressional Research Service, Order Number RL32059.

 

Faux, Jeff. 2006. The Global Class War: How America’s Bipartisan Elite Lost our Future – and What it Will Take to Win it Back. Wiley.

 

Krugman, Paul. 1997. The Age of Diminished Expectations: U.S. Economic Policy in the 1990s, 3rd

ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

 

Gordon, Bernard K. 2003. “A High-Risk Trade Policy.” Foreign Affairs 82 (July–August): 105–118.

 

Jackson, James A. 2006. “Trade Agreements: Impact on the U.S. Economy.” Congressional Research Service, Order Code RL31932.

 

Murphy, John. 2004. “NAFTA at Ten: Gauging the Agreements Impact on the U.S. Economy, Manufacturing, and Jobs.” U.S. Department of Commerce:  http://www.uschamber.com/NR/rdonlyres/entjgsbrjt6bx6j5wihmsdae62wfh4rmkbhohm
4y2hgx47zl4szehjuz5aetyjeqiipnc4dc66t3aaef5wcdbbnniid/0401_NAFTAat10.pdf.

 

O’Sullivan, Meghan L. 2003. Shrewd Sanctions. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.

 

Pearson, Charles S. 2003. United States Trade Policy: A Work in Progress. Wiley.

 

Radelet, Steven. 2003. “Bush and Foreign Aid.” Foreign Affairs 82 (September–October): 104–117.

 

Sachs, Jeffrey. 2006. End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities of Our Time. Penguin Press.

 

Shambaugh, George E. 1999. States, Firms, and Power: Successful Sanctions in United States Foreign Policy. State of New York Press.

 

Steill, Ben, and Robert E. Litan. 2006. Financial Statecraft: The Role of Financial Markets in U.S. Foreign Policy. Yale University Press.

 

Stiglitz, Joseph E. 2002. Globalization and Its Discontents. W.W. Norton and Company.

 

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