Friends, foes, and future directions : U. S. partnerships in a turbulent world : strategic rethink

COVER CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION PART I PRIVATE PRACTICE WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE CHAPTER ONE Referral and assessment CHAPTER TWO Contracting and establishing the therapeutic frame CHAPTER THREE Setting up: creating a setting for therapy with children and young people CHAPTER FOUR Working with parents and families PART II ETHICAL ISSUES IN COUNSELLING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PRIVATE PRACTICE CHAPTER FIVE The law, ethical issues, and confidentiality CHAPTER SIX Working therapeutically with risk. PART III PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN PRIVATE PRACTICE WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLECHAPTER SEVEN Referring on and working with other agencies CHAPTER EIGHT Training, supervision, and support networks PART IV WORKING WITH TECHNOLOGY IN PRIVATE PRACTICE WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE CHAPTER NINE The impact of digital technology and communication APPENDIX Useful resources REFERENCES INDEX. Cover 1 Title Page 2 Copyright 3 Contents 6 Preface 4 Figures and Tables 10 Executive Summary 12 Acknowledgments 20 CHAPTER ONE. Introduction 22 CHAPTER TWO. The Partnership Setting 24 The Historical Importance of U.S. Partnerships 24 Global Trends Affecting U.S. Partnerships 26 Partnerships Increasingly Require U.S. Political Flexibility 28 Alternative U.S. Approaches to Partnership Engagement 30 CHAPTER THREE. Anatomy of the Potential Adversaries 36 China 36 Russia 45 North Korea 50 Iran 53 Salafi Jihadists 56 Cooperation Among Potential Adversaries 60 These Adversaries Create Vulnerable Partners 62 Back to Bipolarity? 64 Formidable Adversaries Make U.S. Retrenchment Difficult on Its Partners 65 A Strategy for Dealing with Potential Adversaries 66 CHAPTER FOUR. U.S. Constraints Limit Assertiveness 68 U.S. Attitudes Toward Global Responsibility 68 Shifting Global Defense Spending 70 Is the United States Overextended? 73 U.S. Power to Coerce 75 U.S. Energy Exports to Partners 78 The Impact of Budgetary Constraints and Public Attitude 79 CHAPTER FIVE. European Partners and the “Free Rider” Problem 82 Paradigm Lost 82 Vulnerable Partners 84 Declining Capabilities and Will in Europe 89 Three Pivotal Partners: The United Kingdom, Germany, and Turkey 95 Can Venus Become Mars? 101 Assessing the Historical “Free Rider” Problem 105 Transatlantic Trade and Security 111 Europe in North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia 112 A Regional Strategy for Europe 115 CHAPTER SIX. Asian Partners and Inadequate Security Structures 118 The U.S. Pivot to Asia 118 Strategic Dangers in Asia 119 Areas of Tension and Vulnerable Nations 121 Asia’s Security Architecture Is Underdeveloped 126 Two Pivotal Partners: Japan and India 128 The Trans-Pacific Partnership 135 Military Options for Dealing with China 136 Potential Strategies for Managing China 138 A Regional Strategy for Asia 141 CHAPTER SEVEN. In Search of a Middle East Partnership Strategy 144 The Middle East Today 145 Vulnerable American Partners 147 Layers of Chaos and Contradiction 149 Pivotal Partners: Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan 152 Russia Joins the Fray 157 Alternatives for a New Middle East Strategy 158 CHAPTER EIGHT. Conclusion: Choosing an Approach 162 Abbreviations 170 References 172 " ... RAND experts explore the elements of a national strategy for the conduct of U.S. foreign and security policy in this administration and the next. The report evaluates three broad strategies for dealing with U.S. partners and adversaries in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East in a time of diminishing defense budgets and an American public preference for a domestic focus. The three strategies are to be more assertive, to be more collaborative, or to retrench from international commitments. All three of these alternative approaches are constrained and a balance will need to be struck among them -- that balance may differ from region to region."--Publisher's description " ... RAND experts explore the elements of a national strategy for the conduct of U.S. foreign and security policy in this administration and the next. The report evaluates three broad strategies for dealing with U.S. partners and adversaries in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East in a time of diminishing defense budgets and an American public preference for a domestic focus. The three strategies are to be more assertive, to be more collaborative, or to retrench from international commitments. All three of these alternative approaches are constrained and a balance will need to be struck among them -- that balance may differ from region to region." Publisher