The past twenty-five years have seen a surprising unraveling of order: The rules, policies, and instructions that have guided us since World War II have largely run their course. Richard Haass argues that the world needs an updated operating system - call it world order 2.0 - that takes into account the need for a new American foreign policy in a changing twenty-first century. As Haass shows us, the world cannot have stability or prosperity without the United States, but the United States cannot be a force for these without its politicians and citizens reaching a new understanding.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-330) and index.
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From war through world war -- Cold War -- The other order -- The post-Cold War world -- A global gap -- Regional realities -- Pieces of process -- What is to be done? -- Thwarting Thucydides -- World order 2.0 -- Regional responses -- A country in disarray.