How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics, 121)

Is the world destined to suffer endless cycles of conflict and war? Can rival nations become partners and establish a lasting and stable peace? "How Enemies Become Friends" provides a bold and innovative account of how nations escape geopolitical competition and replace hostility with friendship. Through compelling analysis and rich historical examples that span the globe and range from the thirteenth century through the present, foreign policy expert Charles Kupchan explores how adversaries can transform enmity into amity - and he exposes prevalent myths about the causes of peace. Kupchan contends that diplomatic engagement with rivals, far from being appeasement, is critical to rapprochement between adversaries. Diplomacy, not economic interdependence, is the currency of peace; concessions and strategic accommodation promote the mutual trust needed to build an international society. The nature of regimes matters much less than commonly thought: countries, including the United States, should deal with other states based on their foreign policy behavior rather than on whether they are democracies. Kupchan demonstrates that similar social orders, and similar ethnicities, races, or religions help nations achieve stable peace. He considers many historical successes and failures, including the onset of friendship between the United States and Great Britain in the early twentieth century, the Concert of Europe, which preserved peace after 1815 but collapsed following revolutions in 1848, and the remarkably close partnership of the Soviet Union and China in the 1950s, which descended into open rivalry by the 1960s. In a world where conflict among nations seems inescapable, How Enemies Become Friends offers critical insights for building lasting peace How nations move from war to peaceIs the world destined to suffer endless cycles of conflict and war? Can rival nations become partners and establish a lasting and stable peace? How Enemies Become Friends provides a bold and innovative account of how nations escape geopolitical competition and replace hostility with friendship. Through compelling analysis and rich historical examples that span the globe and range from the thirteenth century through the present, foreign policy expert Charles Kupchan explores how adversaries can transform enmity into amity—and he exposes prevalent myths about the causes of peace.Kupchan contends that diplomatic engagement with rivals, far from being appeasement, is critical to rapprochement between adversaries. Diplomacy, not economic interdependence, is the currency of peace; concessions and strategic accommodation promote the mutual trust needed to build an international society. The nature of regimes matters much less than commonly thought: countries, including the United States, should deal with other states based on their foreign policy behavior rather than on whether they are democracies. Kupchan demonstrates that similar social orders and similar ethnicities, races, or religions help nations achieve stable peace. He considers many historical successes and failures, including the onset of friendship between the United States and Great Britain in the early twentieth century, the Concert of Europe, which preserved peace after 1815 but collapsed following revolutions in 1848, and the remarkably close partnership of the Soviet Union and China in the 1950s, which descended into open rivalry by the 1960s.In a world where conflict among nations seems inescapable, How Enemies Become Friends offers critical insights for building lasting peace. "Is the world destined to suffer endless cycles of conflict and war? Can rival nations become partners and establish a lasting and stable peace? How Enemies Become Friends provides a bold and innovative account of how nations escape geopolitical competition and replace hostility with friendship. Through compelling analysis and rich historical examples that span the globe and range from the thirteenth century through the present, foreign policy expert Charles Kupchan explores how adversaries can transform enmity into amity - and he exposes prevalent myths about the causes of peace." "Kupchan contends that diplomatic engagement with rivals, far from being appeasement, is critical to rapprochement between adversaries. Diplomacy, not economic interdependence, is the currency of peace; concessions and strategic accommodation promote the mutual trust needed to build an international society. The nature of regimes matters much less than commonly thought: countries, including the United States, should deal with other states based on their foreign policy behavior rather than on whether they are democracies. Kupchan demonstrates that similar social orders and similar ethnicities, races, or religions help nations achieve stable peace. He considers many historical successes and failures, including the onset of friendship between the United States and Great Britain in the early twentieth century, the Concert of Europe, which preserved peace after 1815 but collapsed following revolutions in 1848, and the remarkably close partnership of the Soviet Union and China in the 1950s, which descended into open rivalry by the 1960s."--Jacket Arion's Lyre examines how Hellenistic poetic culture adapted, reinterpreted, and transformed Archaic Greek lyric through a complex process of textual, cultural, and creative reception. Looking at the ways in which the poetry of Sappho, Alcaeus, Ibycus, Anacreon, and Simonides was preserved, edited, and read by Hellenistic scholars and poets, the book shows that Archaic poets often look very different in the new social, cultural, and political setting of Hellenistic Alexandria. For example, the Alexandrian Sappho evolves from the singer of Archaic Lesbos but has distinct associations and contexts, from Ptolemaic politics and Macedonian queens to the new phenomenon of the poetry book and an Alexandrian scholarship intent on preservation and codification. A study of Hellenistic poetic culture and an interpretation of some of the Archaic poets it so lovingly preserved, Arion's Lyre is also an examination of how one poetic culture reads another--and how modern readings of ancient poetry are filtered and shaped by earlier readings. Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 CHAPTER ONE: Stable Peace......Page 18 CHAPTER TWO: From International Anarchy to International Society......Page 33 CHAPTER THREE: Anglo-American Rapprochement......Page 90 CHAPTER FOUR: Rapprochement: Supporting Cases......Page 129 CHAPTER FIVE: Security Community......Page 200 CHAPTER SIX: Union......Page 301 CHAPTER SEVEN: Making Friends and Choosing Friends......Page 406 Bibliography......Page 432 A......Page 448 C......Page 449 D......Page 450 G......Page 451 I......Page 452 M......Page 453 O......Page 454 R......Page 455 S......Page 456 U......Page 458 Z......Page 459 Princeton University Press Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 Acknowledgments 12 CHAPTER ONE: Stable Peace 18 CHAPTER TWO: From International Anarchy to International Society 33 CHAPTER THREE: Anglo-American Rapprochement 90 CHAPTER FOUR: Rapprochement: Supporting Cases 129 CHAPTER FIVE: Security Community 200 CHAPTER SIX: Union 301 CHAPTER SEVEN: Making Friends and Choosing Friends 406 Bibliography 432 Index 448 A 448 B 449 C 449 D 450 E 451 F 451 G 451 H 452 I 452 J 453 K 453 L 453 M 453 N 454 O 454 P 455 Q 455 R 455 S 456 T 458 U 458 V 459 W 459 X 459 Z 459 ISBN-13:,9780691095257 Preserving Her Aeolic Song : Traces Of Alexandrian Sappho -- Lyric Into Elegy : Sappho Again -- Alcaeus : Voice And Metaphor Of The Symposium -- From Samos To Alexandria : Earlier Court Poets And Their Legacies -- Simonides Recalled : Imitations Of A Poikilos Original -- Lyric Transformed. Benjamin Acosta-hughes. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Examines how Hellenistic poetic culture adapted, reinterpreted, and transformed Archaic Greek lyric through a complex process of textual, cultural, and creative reception. This book looks at the ways in which the poetry of Sappho, Alcaeus, Ibycus, Anacreon, and Simonides was preserved, edited, and read by Hellenistic scholars and poets. Stable Peace -- From International Anarchy To International Society -- Anglo-american Rapprochement -- Rapprochement: Supporting Cases -- Security Community -- Union -- Making Friends And Choosing Friends. Charles A. Kupchan. A Council On Foreign Relations Book. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 415-429) And Index.