Many actors—from the president and members of Congress to interest groups, NGOs, and the media—compete to shape U.S. foreign policy. The new fifth edition captures this strategic interplay using 15 real-world cases, of which four are brand new: the death of Osama bin Laden and the use of targeted assassinations, nonproliferation policy and the U.S.–India nuclear agreement, the U.S. reaction to Egypt’s collision with the Arab Spring, and the surprise asylum request of blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng. Fully updated to cover the Obama administration, all cases have been revised to reflect recent developments. Whether grappling with use-of-force questions, the international financial crisis, legal and human rights, trade issues, multilateral approaches to the nuclear programs of North Korea and Iran, or climate change, Carter’s engaging case study approach encourages students to question motives, consider alternatives, and analyze outcomes.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• Four brand new cases that explore:
  • the use of targeted assassination involving both Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki;
  • the reversal of U.S. nonproliferation policy in the US–India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement;
  • whether the United States should support long-standing ally Hosni Mubarak or embrace the Egyptian people's desire for a non-authoritarian regime; and
  • blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng showing up at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and requesting asylum just before an important trade mission arrived, led by Hillary Clinton.
• All prior cases have been substantially revised and updated with new events and scholarship.

KEY FEATURES:

• Each case is consistently structured with: a list of “before you begin” questions that foreground key issues; introductory and background sections that provide context; a timeline of important events; and a descriptive list of key actors.
• The cases connect recent major world events to critical enduring issues, highlighting the foundational elements that every student needs in order to understand foreign policy.
• Instructor Resources include—for each case—a case summary, a case analysis, themes for classroom discussion, sample test questions, and lists of sources for more information. Visit ccusfp.cqpress.com to register and download resources.

NEW TO THIS EDITION: 

• Four brand new cases that explore:
  • the use of targeted assassination involving both Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki;
  • the reversal of U.S. nonproliferation policy in the US–India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement;
  • whether the United States should support long-standing ally Hosni Mubarak or embrace the Egyptian people's desire for a non-authoritarian regime; and
  • blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng showing up at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and requesting asylum just before an important trade mission arrived, led by Hillary Clinton.
• All prior cases have been substantially revised and updated with new events and scholarship.

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Part I. INTERVENTION POLICY
1. The United States versus Terrorism: From the Embassy Bombings in Tanzania and Kenya to the Surge in Afghanistan
     Frédérick Gagnon and Ryan C. Hendrickson
2. Assassinating bin Laden: Right or Wrong?
     Priya Dixit
3. Executive Decisions and Preventive War: Strategies of Intervention and Withdrawal in Iraq (2003-2011)
     Jeffrey S. Lantis and Eric Moskowitz

Part II. NUCLEAR SECURITY POLICY
4. The Nuclear Standoff between the United States and Iran: Muscular Diplomacy and the Ticking Clock
     Thomas Preston
5. The United States and North Korea: Avoiding a Worst-Case Scenario
     Patrick James and Özgür Özdamar
6. Nonproliferation Policy Crossroads: The U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
     Gerald Felix Warburg

PART III. DIPLOMATIC POLICY
7. Hitting the Reset Button: Why Is Cooperation So Hard?
     Ralph G. Carter and James M. Scott
8. Friendly Tyrants? The Arab Spring and the Egyptian Revolution
     Stephen Zunes
9. Chen Guangcheng: The Case of the Blind Dissident and U.S.-China Relations
     Joyce P. Kaufman

PART IV. ECONOMIC AND TRADE POLICY
10. The Global Financial Crisis: Governments, Banks and Markets
     Thomas Lairson
11. Sino-American Trade Relations: Privatizing Foreign Policy
     Steven W. Hook and Franklin Barr Lebo
12. The Politics of Climate Change: Will the U.S. Act to Prevent Calamity?
     Rodger A. Payne and Sean Payne

PART V. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL POLICY
13. National Security Surveillance: Unchecked or Limited Presidential Power?
     Louis Fisher
14. The Rights of Detainees: Determining the Limits of Law
     Linda Cornett and Mark Gibney
15. The International Criminal Court: National Interests versus International Norms
     Donald W. Jackson and Ralph G. Carter

Ralph G. Carter (PhD, The Ohio State University) is professor and former chair of the political science department at Texas Christian University. His research interests focus on U.S. foreign, trade, and defense policies and on the domestic sources of such policy making. He is coauthor with James Scott and Cooper Drury of IR (2014), one of five coeditors of the 44 Foreign Policy Analysis essays in The International Studies Encyclopedia (2010), coauthor with James Scott of Choosing to Lead: Understanding Congressional Foreign Policy Entrepreneurs (2009), and coauthor with John Rourke and Mark Boyer of Making American Foreign Policy (1994, 1996). He is also the author or coauthor of over 40 journal articles and book chapters. In 2012, he was included in Princeton Review's listing of The 300 Best Professors, and in 2006 he received the International Studies Association's Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award.