Economic Statecraft: New Edition

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A new edition of the classic work on the economic tools of foreign policy.

Today's complex and dangerous world demands a complete understanding of all the techniques of statecraft, not just military ones. David Baldwin'sEconomic Statecraftpresents an analytic framework for evaluating such techniques and uses it to challenge the notion that economic instruments of foreign policy do not work. Integrating insights from economics, political science, psychology, philosophy, history, law, and sociology, this bold and provocative book explains not only the utility of economic statecraft but also its morality, legality, and role in the history of international thought.

Economic Statecraftis a landmark work that has fundamentally redefined how nations evaluate crucial choices of war and peace. Now with a substantial new preface by the author and an afterword by esteemed foreign-policy expert Ethan Kapstein, this new edition introduces today's generation of readers to the principles and applications of economic statecraft.

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"A masterpiece he has recently updated. . . . Baldwins (1985) work laid a solid foundation for subsequent studies related to economic statescraft."---Falin Zhang, China International Strategy Review

Author Bio

David A. Baldwin is senior political scientist at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Ira D. Wallach Professor Emeritus of World Order Studies at Columbia University. His books include Power and International Relations (Princeton). Ethan B. Kapstein is Arizona Centennial Professor of International Affairs at the School of Public Affairs and Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University and codirector of the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project at Princeton University. His books include Economic Justice in an Unfair World (Princeton).