There is a quiet drama playing out in American foreign policy far from the dark contours of upheaval in the Middle East and South Asia and the hovering drone attacks of the war on terror. The United States is in the midst of a substantial and long-term national project, which is proceeding in fits and starts, to reorient its foreign policy to the East. The central tenet of this policy shift, aka The Pivot, is that the United States will need to do more with and in the Asia-Pacific hemisphere to help revitalize its own economy, to realize the full potential of the region's dramatic innovation, and to keep the peace in the world's most dynamic region where the lions' share of the history of the 21st Century will be written.

This book is about a necessary course correction for American diplomacy, commercial engagement, and military innovation during a time of unrelenting and largely unrewarding conflict. While the United States has intensified its focus on the Asia-Pacific relative to previous administrations, much more remains to be done.

THE PIVOT is about that future. It explores how the United States should construct a strategy that will position it to maneuver across the East and offers a clarion call for a cunning and dexterity and ingenuity in the period ahead for American statecraft in the Asia-Pacific region.

About the Author
Kurt Campbell served under Secretary Clinton in the Obama Administration as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, is the chairman and CEO of The Asia Group, LLC, which he founded, was previously the chief executive officer and co-founder of the Center for a New American Security and also served as director of the Aspen Strategy Group. Prior to co-founding CNAS, he served as senior vice president, director of the International Security Program, and the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in National Security Policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He received the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award - the nation's highest diplomatic medal - and has been recognized with top national honors across Asia for his service.


Book Information
ISBN 9781455568956
Author Kurt Campbell
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Twelve
Publisher Little, Brown & Company
Weight(grams) 650g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 160mm * 35mm