The United States and Coercive Diplomacy.

• Date: 01 January 2004
• Author: Choppin, Adam
• Published date: 01 January 2004
• Author: Choppin, Adam

The United States and Coercive Diplomacy, by Robert J. Art and Patrick M. Cronin Publisher: United States Institute of Peace (2003) Price: $19.95

Even a hyperpower such as the United States must choose carefully which diplomatic and military tools it employs to advance its national interests. Robert Art, Patrick Cronin, and their colleagues underscore this foreign policy reality in their newest book, The United States and Coercive Diplomacy. In this insightful new contribution to our understanding of U.S. foreign policy, Art and his colleagues examine eight cases since the end of the Cold War in which the U.S. used "coercive diplomacy" in an attempt to advance its foreign policy. The eight cases studied, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Haiti, North Korea, China/Taiwan in 1995-96, Iraq from 1990-98, and the U.S. campaign against terrorism from 1993-2001, are among the most complex episodes in U.S. foreign policy of the past few decades. Although the book is not without its faults, it remains a must-read for students and teachers of foreign policy, as well as foreign policy advisors.

Coercive diplomacy can be defined simply as the attempt to induce a target--usually a state, but possibly a group (e.g., a terrorist organization)...