Sachs, Jeffrey D.: A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism.

Abstract

The American Century began in 1941 and ended on January 20, 2017. While
the United States remains a military giant and is still an economic
powerhouse, it no longer dominates the world economy or geopolitics as it
once did. The current turn toward nationalism and “America first”
unilateralism in foreign policy will not make America great. Instead, it
represents the abdication of our responsibilities in the face of severe
environmental threats, political upheaval, mass migration, and other global
challenges.
In this incisive and forceful book, Jeffrey D. Sachs provides the blueprint for
a new foreign policy that embraces global cooperation, international law,
and aspirations for worldwide prosperity―not nationalism and gauzy
dreams of past glory. He argues that America’s approach to the world must
shift from military might and wars of choice to a commitment to shared
objectives of sustainable development. Our pursuit of primacy has
embroiled us in unwise and unwinnable wars, and it is time to shift from
making war to making peace and time to embrace the opportunities that
international cooperation offers. A New Foreign Policy explores both the
danger of the “America first” mindset and the possibilities for a new way
forward, proposing timely and achievable plans to foster global economic
growth, reconfigure the United Nations for the twenty-first century, and
build a multipolar world that is prosperous, peaceful, fair, and resilient.