Mixed Messages
American Politics and International Organization, 1919-1999
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9821643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G John Ikenberry (corresponding author), Edward C Luck |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20049657 |
| OpenAlex | W1991189549 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
At the turn of the century, the United States is on the verge of losing its vote in the General Assembly for non-payment of its arrears. There are eerie parallels between the domestic debate over the United Nations in 1999 and the struggles over the League of Nations in 1919. Why, many ask, are Americans the first to create international organizations and the first to abandon them? What is it about the American political culture that breeds both the most ardent supporters and the most vocal detractors of international organization? And why can't they find any common ground? In seeking to uncover the roots of American ambivalence toward international organization, this political history presents the first major analysis of U.S. attitudes toward both the United Nations and the League of Nations. It traces eight themes that have resurfaced again and again in congressional and public debates over the course of this century: exceptionalism, sovereignty, nativism and racism, unilateralism, security, commitments, reform, and burden-sharing. It assesses recent domestic political trends and calls for the development of two interactive political compacts--one domestic and one international--to place U.S.-UN relations on a new footing. A Century Foundation Book
Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Public Administration
Sources of Change in United States–United Nations Relations
Walking together
Multilateralism Matters Even More
Dispensing With the Indispensable Nation
Liberals, Conservatives, and Latin America
The illusion of UN Security Council reform
Military twists and turns in world politics
What Happened to the Idea of World Government
The Politics of U.S.-UN Reengagement
Isolationism and internationalism in American foreign relations
Peacekeeping in Turbulent Times
US foreign policy and the pragmatic use of international institutions
The Sunset of Humanitarian Intervention? The Responsibility to Protect in a Unipolar Era
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2019 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |