{"product_id":"9781412849104","title":"Hot Spots: American Foreign Policy in a Post-Human-Rights World","description":"In early 2012, the United States \"pivoted\" to make the Far East its military and strategic first priority, thereby downgrading the Middle East. This change in priorities has been accompanied by a curtailed military budget and the end of the two-war doctrine. In Hot Spots, Amitai Etzioni argues that pivoting towards the Far East is premature and flawed in principle. He argues that the true hot spots continue to be in the Middle East.  There are important reasons for the significant course adjustments in Western foreign policy, which is currently focused on the Middle Eastern and Chinese “hot spots.” Amitai Etzioni argues that America’s “pivot” to make the Far East its military and strategic first priority is flawed in principle. China can and should be treated for the near future as a potential partner in a changing global order, rather than be made into an enemy. At the same time, he argues, the true hot spots continue to be in the Middle East, albeit not in Iraq or Afghanistan, but in Iran and Pakistan. Less urgent, but of great importance, are the ways the West deals with a complex and varied Muslim world.","brand":"Transaction Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153597186288,"sku":"9781412849104","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781412849104_p0.jpg?v=1763724611","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781412849104","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}