America's Crisis of Legitimacy. Robert Kagan.
by Kagan, Robert; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 46Global Issues. Publisher: Foreign Affairs, 2004ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Human rights | International cooperation | International law | International organization | Legitimacy of governments | Post-communism | Sovereignty | United States -- Foreign relations -- Europe | United Nations Security Council | World politicsDDC classification: 050 Summary: This article discusses how the U.S. and Europe differ in their world views and on what constitutes legitimate international action. The author opines that "it is precisely the question of legitimacy that divides Americans and Europeans today--not the legitimacy of each other's political institutions, perhaps, but the legitimacy of their respective visions of world order. More to the point, for the first time since World War II, a majority of Europeans has come to doubt the legitimacy of U.S. power and of U.S. global leadership." (FOREIGN AFFAIRS)| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: America's Crisis of Legitimacy, March/April 2004; pp. 65-87.
This article discusses how the U.S. and Europe differ in their world views and on what constitutes legitimate international action. The author opines that "it is precisely the question of legitimacy that divides Americans and Europeans today--not the legitimacy of each other's political institutions, perhaps, but the legitimacy of their respective visions of world order. More to the point, for the first time since World War II, a majority of Europeans has come to doubt the legitimacy of U.S. power and of U.S. global leadership." (FOREIGN AFFAIRS)
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