Security and Smart Power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3757388 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph S Nye (Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1351-1356 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764208316228 |
| OpenAlex | W2061075991 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 2 |
Reconciling values and interests is a long-standing problem in American foreign policy. Amitai Etzioni's Security First is a welcome corrective to the truncated Wilsonianism of recent neo-conservative doctrines. His proposed combination of hard and soft power deals primarily with two of the major challenges that America faces: nuclear spread and Islamist extremism. His approach says less about one traditional challenge-the rise of China-and two new ones-an energy crisis or an ecological breakdown (such as pandemics or dramatic climate change). And even in regard to the first two issues, some argue that the doctrine of containment remains a viable alternative
China · Climate change · Containment (computer programming) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Development economics · Doctrine · Economics · Foreign policy · Hard power · Law and economics · Nuclear power · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Smart power · Sociology · Soft power · Computer Science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citations per year | 0.47 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |