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How can America and Europe regain strength and prosperity and prevent another Great War?
After two centuries of ascent, the United States finds itself in economic decline. Some advise America to cure its woes alone. But the road to isolation leads inevitably to the end of U.S. leadership in the international system, warns Richard Rosecrance in this bold and novel book. Instead, Rosecrance calls for the United States to join forces with the European Union and create a transatlantic economic union. Such a U.S.-Europe community would unblock arteries of trade and investment, rejuvenate the West, and enable Western countries to deal with East Asian challenges from a position of unity and economic strength.
Exploring the possibilities for such a merger, the author writes, "The European Union offers a means of creating larger units without recourse to force. A connection between Europe and North America could eventually grow into an agglomeration of states, drawing China and the East into a new network of countries. In this way East will eventually join the West." Through this great merger the author offers a positive vision of the future in which members of a tightly knit Western alliance regain economic health and attract Eastern nations to join a new and worldwide international order.
About the Author
Richard Rosecrance is senior fellow, adjunct professor, and director of the U.S.-China Relations Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is also Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA. He lives in Lexington, MA.
Reviews
"[Rosecrance's] main insight is. . . compelling: the 'new West' needs to be big, unified and growing."-John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs -- John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *
Book Information
ISBN 9780300177398
Author Richard Rosecrance
Format Hardback
Page Count 216
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
Weight(grams) 376g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 19mm
After two centuries of ascent, the United States finds itself in economic decline. Some advise America to cure its woes alone. But the road to isolation leads inevitably to the end of U.S. leadership in the international system, warns Richard Rosecrance in this bold and novel book. Instead, Rosecrance calls for the United States to join forces with the European Union and create a transatlantic economic union. Such a U.S.-Europe community would unblock arteries of trade and investment, rejuvenate the West, and enable Western countries to deal with East Asian challenges from a position of unity and economic strength.
Exploring the possibilities for such a merger, the author writes, "The European Union offers a means of creating larger units without recourse to force. A connection between Europe and North America could eventually grow into an agglomeration of states, drawing China and the East into a new network of countries. In this way East will eventually join the West." Through this great merger the author offers a positive vision of the future in which members of a tightly knit Western alliance regain economic health and attract Eastern nations to join a new and worldwide international order.
About the Author
Richard Rosecrance is senior fellow, adjunct professor, and director of the U.S.-China Relations Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is also Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA. He lives in Lexington, MA.
Reviews
"[Rosecrance's] main insight is. . . compelling: the 'new West' needs to be big, unified and growing."-John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs -- John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *
Book Information
ISBN 9780300177398
Author Richard Rosecrance
Format Hardback
Page Count 216
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
Weight(grams) 376g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 19mm
