The room where it happened
A White House memoir
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9895433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim Willasey-Wilsey (King's College London and formerly FCO, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1432-1433 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ia/iiaa149 |
| OpenAlex | W3084408499 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
This book provoked a press frenzy when it was published and the text was hurriedly filleted by journalists for evidence of President Donald Trump's unsuitability for high office. But what does John Bolton's memoir tell us about United States foreign policy during his brief tenure as national security advisor (NSA)? I was ready for tales of Washington's foreign policy dysfunction. I had witnessed interdepartmental discord during numerous trips to the US capital to discuss Angola and Nicaragua in the 1980s, South Africa and counterterrorism in the 1990s and Afghanistan in the early 2000s. And yet from all this confusion, the national security advisor would somehow construct a coherent policy behind which the Washington machine would consolidate. To create order from chaos the NSA has to be a conciliator, but John Bolton is an ideologue and a zealot, and delights in his hawkish reputation. Few people win his approval and he
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The Space Between
Norms and Norm Contestation
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order
Bipartisanship and US Foreign Policy
Wrestlemania! Summit Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Performance after Trump
Atualidade do imperialismo e a contribuição de Johan Galtung, 50 anos depois
Preventive or Revisionist Challenge During Power Transition? The Case of China–USA Strategic Competition
Cómo negociar la política migratoria de México
Embracing the Maverick
The 2019 Venezuelan Blackout and the consequences of cyber uncertainty
Colombian Foreign Policy and Public Opinion in Electoral Campaigns
Beyond opportunism
The 2024 Presidential Elections in the US
Stuck on a hostile path? US policy towards Iran since the revolution
Lessons from Russia's Nuclear Forward‐Deployment to Belarus for the USA and South Korea
Trump and the Art of Presidential Deal Making
Quasi alliance explanation for the fluctuating ROK-Japan relationship
Geopolitical challenges
A living critique of domination
The Trump administration and China
The making of 'public opinion
Diversionary Words
Offensive Cyber Capabilities and State Violence
Making sense of United States–Brazil relations under Bolsonaro
Hvorfor så ambivalent? USAs politikk overfor EUs forsvarsambisjoner
Idealismens forsvinningsnummer
Autonomy or Security? The Case of the US-South Korea Alliance Under Trump’s First Presidency
Hedging their bets? The case for a European pillar in Nato
North Korea’s nuclear armament strategy and deception
In the Antechamber of Power
Beyond the neoconservative legacy in American counterterrorism policy
From nonproliferation to strategic competition
Animosity Toward the Japanese Rising Sun Flag in South Korea
The End of Liberal Engagement with China and the New US–Taiwan Focus
Unpredictability as doctrine
War and Responsibility
| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |