ABSTRACT

Explaining the connection between economics and violent extremism, this book argues that American foreign policy must be rebalanced with a greater emphasis on social inclusion and shared prosperity in order to mitigate the root causes of conflict.

Rosenberger argues that economic coercion has usually proven counterproductive, and that a militarized American foreign policy too often results in frustration and strategic failure. He analyses this theory through a number of case studies, from the Treaty of Versailles to the more recent issues of Israel in Gaza, US sanctions against Iran, the US backed, Saudi-led boycott of Qatar and Donald Trump’s trade war against China. He concludes that the economic logic of social inclusion and shared prosperity demonstrated in Jean Monnet’s European Coal and Steel Community would be a more successful strategy in reducing the demand for violence in the civil wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen and Syria.

This book will be of particular relevance for courses on American Foreign Policy, International Relations and International Political Economy and seminars on the Near East and South Asia. Professional economists, diplomats and military officers in America and in the Near East and South Asia will also find the argument useful.

chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|14 pages

Iraq

chapter 3|17 pages

Afghanistan

chapter 4|11 pages

Yemen

chapter 5|15 pages

Syria

chapter 6|10 pages

Gaza

chapter 7|11 pages

Iran

chapter 8|7 pages

Qatar

chapter 9|7 pages

Lebanon

chapter 10|8 pages

Turkey

chapter 11|9 pages

Trump and China

chapter 12|13 pages

Taiwan

chapter 13|5 pages

Bangladesh

chapter |19 pages

Conclusion