Maximalist: America in the World from Truman to Obama
SIPA will host an event in recognition of Professor Sestanovich and Maximalist on March 26 at 6 p.m. See below for more info about this and other upcoming events and links to recent media.
Maximalist: America in the World from Truman to Obama
by Stephen Sestanovich
Knopf, published February 11, 2014
From a writer with long and high-level experience in the U.S. government, a startling and provocative assessment of America’s global dominance. Maximalist puts the history of our foreign policy in an unexpected new light, while drawing fresh, compelling lessons for the present and future.
About Stephen Sestanovich
Stephen Sestanovich joined SIPA's faculty in the fall of 2001 as the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Diplomacy. He is also the director of the International Fellows Program.
Events
February 18: Washington, Politics and Prose bookstore, 7 p.m.
February 26: Washington, Council on Foreign Relations panel
March 15: San Francisco, World Affairs Council annual conference
March 26: New York, Columbia SIPA, 6 p.m., International Affairs Building, Room 1512
Reviews &c.
“Taking Credit for China: Nixon vs. Kissinger” (excerpt), Atlantic, March 2014
“Max Americana,” National Interest, Feb. 25
Book review (subscription required), Wall Street Journal, Feb. 23
Book review, Washington Post, Feb. 14
Other recent media
“Obama the minimalist,” Politico Magazine, March 3
“President Obama’s foreign policy is based on fantasy,” Washington Post editorial, March 2
“Political And Cultural Splinters Are Deep In Ukraine” (AUDIO), NPR / All Things Considered, Feb. 19
“Columbia's Sestanovich on Ukraine Crisis, Outlook” (VIDEO), Bloomberg TV Street Smart, Feb. 19
“International Diplomacy: Professor Stephen Sestanovich,” Columbia News (VIDEO - see also top of page), Feb. 18
“Barack Obama’s Paragraph,” Politico Magazine, Feb. 16
“The Price of Pulling Back from the World,” New York Times, Feb. 10
“Fallout Continues Over U.S. Diplomat’s Comments” (AUDIO), Here & Now, Feb. 7
“Vladimir Putin's Games: Russian President's Olympic Dreams” (VIDEO), CBS This Morning, Feb. 4
“Russia After Sochi,” CFR expert brief, Feb. 3
“For Putin, Sochi Olympics carry big risks, rewards,” AP "Big Story," January 29
“Issues on the U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda,” Foreign Press Center, January 27
“U.S.-Russia Relations on the Eve of the Sochi Winter Olympics” (VIDEO): CFR, January 27
“On Russia and the Olympic games” (VIDEO): Charlie Rose Show, January 21