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War by Other Means: Geoeconomics and Statecraft

War by Other Means: Geoeconomics and Statecraft

by Robert D. Blackwill (Author)

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Synopsis

A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2016

Today, nations increasingly carry out geopolitical combat through economic means. Policies governing everything from trade and investment to energy and exchange rates are wielded as tools to win diplomatic allies, punish adversaries, and coerce those in between. Not so in the United States, however. America still too often reaches for the gun over the purse to advance its interests abroad. The result is a playing field sharply tilting against the United States.

Geoeconomics, the use of economic instruments to advance foreign policy goals, has long been a staple of great-power politics. In this impressive policy manifesto, Blackwill and Harris argue that in recent decades, the United States has tended to neglect this form of statecraft, while China, Russia, and other illiberal states have increasingly employed it to Washington's disadvantage.
--G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs

A readable and lucid primer...The book defines the extensive topic and opens readers' eyes to its prevalence throughout history...[Presidential] candidates who care more about protecting American interests would be wise to heed the advice of War by Other Means and take our geoeconomic toolkit more seriously.
--Jordan Schneider, Weekly Standard

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 196
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Harvard UP
Published: 26 Oct 2017
ISBN 10: 0674979796
ISBN 13: 9780674979796

Media Reviews
A readable and lucid primer...The book defines the extensive topic and opens readers' eyes to its prevalence throughout history...[Presidential] candidates who care more about protecting American interests would be wise to heed the advice of War by Other Means and take our geoeconomic toolkit more seriously.--Jordan Schneider Weekly Standard (04/12/2016)
A brilliant, comprehensive study of how economic measures have been--and should be--used to pursue geopolitical objectives. War by Other Means should be required reading for all presidential candidates and their foreign policy advisors.--General (Ret.) David H. Petraeus, Chairman, KKR Global Institute and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
In War by Other Means, Robert Blackwill and Jennifer Harris build a very persuasive case for why the U.S. should make much more vigorous use of its economic and financial muscle to advance its geopolitical interests. This book should be required reading for anyone involved in making foreign policy.--Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lords of Finance
War by Other Means: Geoeconomics and Statecraft is [Blackwill and Harris's] blueprint for how the United States national security apparatus can better wield the economic tools at its disposal. It is, in military parlance, about putting the big 'E' in the DIME (Diplomatic, Informational, Military, Economic) equation back into balance with the other ways in which a great power projects power.--Nikolas K. Gvosdev National Interest (05/11/2016)
War by Other Means is an important and interesting contribution to U.S. statecraft in the unipolar world.--Christopher J. Fettweis H-Net Reviews (12/01/2016)
Author Bio
Robert D. Blackwill is Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Jennifer M. Harris is Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.