Challenges of Globalization for America

About the Book

The author holds that America’s world influence and power rest ultimately on shared multilateral management of global problems among nations, assisted by international organizations. A foreign policy embedded in a framework of international cooperation was the genius of American statesmen following World War II. Reviewing global markets in trade, finance, and technology, the book also discusses American values in globalization. The author deplores the unilateral go-it-alone philosophy of the Bush administration in downgrading international norms and treaties. Such assertion of self-centered nationalism undermines the foundation of America’s world leadership and the promise it holds for future security and prosperity.

About the Author

Maurice Williams was State Department Under-Secretary for International Development, Assistant Secretary for economic programs in the Near East and South Asia, U.S. Ambassador at the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and Chief U.S. Delegate to the Joint U.S.-North Vietnam Commission in negotiating the U.S. Peace Accords with North Vietnam. He also served as United Nations Assistant Secretary-General in Rome, Italy. Currently, Williams is an adjunct instructor of political science and member of the Academy of Senior Professionals, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida.