Economic Instruments of Security Policy : Influencing Choices of Leaders

Economic Turmoil Has Spread Throughout The Western World, But Terrorists And Other Threats To National Security Were Not Put Out Of Business By The Great Recession.€ Economic Instruments Of Security Policy Explores The Critical Question: Do The United States And Its Allies Still Maintain Effective Economic Tools To Influence The Behavior Of Those Who Seek To Cause Us Harm?€ Governments Have At Their Disposal Many Economic Instruments To Promote National Security, Such As Sanctions, Foreign Aid, International Trade, International Finance And Laws Blocking Funds For International Terrorism. This Book Examines The Use Of Theses Economic Policies And Addresses How Best To Measure Their Effectiveness. Acknowledgments -- Forward To The Second Edition€ -- Introduction -- Part I: The Individual -- States Don't Make Decisions; People Do -- Adam Smith And Twenty-first Century National Security€ -- Maximizing, Rationality, And The Bounds Of Institutions -- Experimentation In Economic Science -- The Economics Of Autocracies -- Some Are Ranchers And Some Are Wolves -- Predicting The Dictator:€ A Theoretical Model -- Principles For Policymakers -- Part Ii: The World -- Castro's Cuba And U.s. Sanctions -- The Cuban Economy In The 1990s -- Dictating Economic Performance€ -- Sanctions: Truth In Advertising€ -- Democracies And The Politics Of Trade -- Free Trade Agreements -- Case Study: The Prc And Most Favored Nation Status€ -- Case Study: Pistachios, Rugs, And Relationship-building€€ -- Study: India And Commerce -- Case Study: The Prc, Public Disclosure And Verified End Users€ -- Import Restrictions -- Case Study: The Prc And Non-market Economies --^ Trade As A Tool: Roundup -- Money And Finance As Security Tools -- Money -- Inflation -- Case Study: Swiss Dinars And Saddam Dinars€ -- Case Study: Internet Marketplace -- Case Study: Money Laundering In Ukraine -- Exchange Rate Choices And National Security -- Choosing An Exchange Rate -- Case Study: Dollarization -- Choosing Power Over Growth, Again -- Maximizing Over Time Through Lending And Borrowing -- International Finance -- Case Study: International Financial Institutions And The East Asian Financial Crisis -- Case Study: Tibet Vs. The World Bank At Qinghai -- Sovereign Lending And Foreign Direct Investment -- Debt Dynamics And Debates -- Case Study: Debt Forgiveness -- Republic Of Congo -- Case Study: Did The Great Recession Change The Competitive Equation?€ -- Summary: Money, Exchange Regimes, Debt -- Curing Poverty Helps National Security -- Terrorism, Insurgency, And Poverty€ -- Theory Of Growth -- Incentives And Growth --^ De-industrialization: When Countries Do Not Invest In Domestic Capacity -- Case Study: The Millennium Challenge Account€ -- Case Study:€ The African Growth And Opportunity Act -- Case Study: Saudi Arabian Charities -- Case Study: Iraq -- Case Study: Syria -- Case Study: Law Enforcement Against Al Qaeda -- Case Study: Brothers To The Rescue And The Anti-terrorism Amendment To The Fsia -- Conclusion€ -- Appendix -- Endnotes. Gary M. Shiffman And James J. Jochum. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 States Don’t Make Decisions; People Do....Pages 3-17 The Economics of Autocracies....Pages 19-38 Principles for Policy Makers....Pages 39-45 Front Matter....Pages 47-47 Castro’s Cuba and U.S. Sanctions....Pages 49-75 Democracies and the Politics of Trade....Pages 77-111 Money and Finance as Security Tools....Pages 113-122 Exchange Rate Choices and National Security....Pages 123-137 Maximizing over Time through Lending and Borrowing....Pages 139-164 Curing Poverty Helps National Security....Pages 165-180 Tools against Terrorists....Pages 181-190 International Law and Courts....Pages 191-202 Conclusion....Pages 203-204 Back Matter....Pages 205-228