| ID | 081294 |
| Title Proper | Second face of American security |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lobell, Steven E |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Great powers can pursue deliberate "Trojan horse" policies to transform rising and geostrategic secondary states into followers and supporters, rather than challengers. I contend that a great power can use economic statecraft, and in particular trade agreements, to deliberately promote shifts in the societal distribution of power in a target country. The intent is to strengthen the political power of societal and economic actors who have a stake in deepening international ties, while opponents of such policies will be weakened politically and economically. The societal winners will then apply pressure on the government to support their preferred outward-oriented grand strategy. I term this process the "second face of security," since it entails a less direct and more nuanced method of creating security. In contrast, the "first face of security" entails direct attempts to create security by influencing other governments through military or economic statecraft. I apply this model to the case of Jordan and argue that Washington has used trade agreements to strengthen the outward-oriented internationalist bloc in order to assist the palace in its domestic and international realignment toward commercial liberalization, political democratization, and normalization of relations with Israel. |
| `In' analytical Note | Comparative Strategy Vol. 27, No.1; Jan-Feb 2008: p88-100 |
| Journal Source | Comparative Strategy Vol. 27, No.1; Jan-Feb 2008: p88-100 |
| Key Words | Free Trade Agreement ; United States ; Jordan ; Grand Strategy |