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Derek Chollet identifies the surprising similarities in foreign policy leadership among three consequential and widely-admired presidents: Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, and Barack Obama. 'The Middle Way' unpacks how these leaders navigated foreign policy challenges through a measured, even-handed, and pragmatic approach. Tied together by history, their common outlooks, experiences, and struggles bear special relevance given the current levels of polarisation in America. At a moment when many Americans are deeply worried about America's role in the world, this book reveals an inspiring history that can guide us forward.

"This book explores the shared foreign policy legacies of Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, and Barack Obama, and how they exemplify a distinct and underappreciated tradition of political leadership: The Middle Way. The book explores how these three presidents thought about the world and American leadership, and how they grappled with foreign policy crises and navigated politics. Drawing upon new archival research at the Eisenhower and Bush presidential libraries, and interviews with former Obama officials, the book shows how these presidents took a centrist approach to foreign policy and provides a model for America to reinvigorate role as a global leader. This work of presidential history looks behind the scenes of some of the most important moments in foreign policy since World War Two, and it explores the broader lessons for American foreign policy and leadership. The book reflects the author's unique experience as a senior official at the White House, the State Department, and the Pentagon to show how Washington works from the inside; and in the process, offering a new way of thinking about American global leadership and making a case for new ways to measure presidential success"--

Derek Chollet identifies the surprising similarities in foreign policy leadership among three consequential and widely-admired presidents: Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, and Barack Obama. 'The Middle Way' unpacks how these leaders navigated foreign policy challenges through a measured, even-handed, and pragmatic approach. Tied together by history, their common outlooks, experiences, and struggles bear special relevance given the current levels of polarisation in America. At a moment when many Americans are deeply worried about America's role in the world, this book reveals an inspiring history that can guide us forward.

Dayton was a "maximalist" agreement; it created a bold blueprint for a new state. Yet many areas of Dayton's implementation have suffered from "minimalism", whether because of the limits placed on the instruments the agreement created for implementation, or because those responsible for implementation have interpreted their powers narrowly. (TIP)

"Investigates the complex and dynamic relationship between poverty and insecurity, exploring possible agents for change. Brings the latest lessons and intellectual framework to bear in an examination of African leadership, the private sector, and American foreign aid as vehicles for improving economic conditions and security"--Provided by publisher

"Celebrates the transformative trend within international aid of super-charged advocacy networks, mega-philanthropists, and mass public involvement through Internet charitable giving and increased overseas volunteering and offers lessons to ensure that this wave of generosity yields lasting and widespread improvements to the lives and prospects of the world's poorest"--Provided by publisher

America and the use of force : sources of legitimacy / Ivo H. Daalder and Robert Kagan -- How to keep from overselling or underestimating the United Nations / Mark P. Lagon and David Shorr -- The cost of confusion : resolving ambiguities in detainee treatment / Kenneth Anderson and Elisa Massimino -- Course correction in America's War on Terror / Peter Brookes and Julianne Smith -- The case for larger ground forces / Frederick W. Kagan and Michael O'Hanlon -- A full-court press against nuclear anarchy / Stephen E. Biegun and Jon B. Wolfsthal -- Keeping tabs on China's rise / Michael Schiffer and Gary Schmitt -- Are we all nation-builders now? / Andrew Erdman and Suzanne Nossel -- Should democracy be promoted or demoted? / Francis Fukuyama and Michael McFaul -- In defense of values / Derek Chollet and Tod Lindberg.

Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide brings together twenty€prominent foreign policy and national security specialists--some of the leading thinkers of their generation--to seek common ground on ten key, controversial areas of policy.€In each chapter conservative and liberal experts jointly outline their points of agreement on€many of the most pressing issues in U.S. foreign policy, pointing the way toward a more constructive debate. In doing so, the authors€move past philosophical differences and identify effective approaches to the major national security challenges confronti.