US Foreign Policy and Presidential Leadership in an Age of St... - 9783032117779

US Foreign Policy and Presidential Leadership in an Age of Strategic UncertaintyAuthor(s): Sergey Smolnikov\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9783032117779, 978-3032117779\nSynopsis\nAs the international system undergoes its most profound reordering since the end of the Cold War, the assumptions that once anchored Americas global role are no longer analytically sufficient. Intensifying great-power rivalry, the weaponization of economic leverage, and accelerating geoeconomic polarization are reshaping the strategic environment faster than inherited explanatory frames can account for. This book advances a new conceptual architecture for interpreting US foreign policy transformative depth to distinguish among the policies that presidential administrations employ to reconstitute, reform, or stabilize the international order, or to minimize US engagement in its management. The framework clarifies the deeper l.