{"id":7266,"date":"2024-04-01T19:56:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7266"},"modified":"2024-04-01T19:57:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:57:48","slug":"the-case-for-complacency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7266","title":{"rendered":"The Case for Complacency"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author: \u00a0<\/b>Tanisha M. Fazal<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Affiliation:<\/b> University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher: <\/b>Foreign Affairs<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Date\/Place:<\/b> September\/October 2021\/USA<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature: <\/b>Article<\/span><\/p>

Word Count:<\/b> 1934\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Link: <\/b>https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/reviews\/review-essay\/2021-08-24\/case-complacency<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Keywords:<\/i><\/b> Foreign Policy, US Security, John Mueller<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Brief:<\/b><\/p>

The author presents the views of political scientist John Mueller from his latest book, to answer how the United States should respond to international crises. According to Mueller, America should not aim for a transformation but for “complacency,” which Mueller describes as “minimally effortful national strategy in the security realm.” Mueller argues that the idea of \u200b\u200bsignificant wars has become virtually obsolete and that the US foreign policy establishment is prone to panic, is disproportionate in identifying potential threats, and then counterproductive in taking action against them. One of the first scholars to argue that war is in retreat, Mueller compiles reams of historical evidence to chronicle a series of errors in American foreign policy from the Vietnam War to the invasion of Iraq. Current discussions about US grand strategy are dominated by figures with \u201cdeep anxiety\u201d about the sustainability of the liberal international order and by others who advocate for limited humanitarian interventions in the face of atrocities abroad. The US must stop overestimating threats\u2014particularly the threat of war. For now, at the least, the United States must reduce its military, resist temptations from outside interference, and redirect its time and money toward preserving American democracy.<\/span><\/p>

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Fazal Affiliation: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA Organization\/Publisher: Foreign Affairs Date\/Place: September\/October 2021\/USA Type of Literature: Article Word Count: 1934\u00a0 Link: https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/reviews\/review-essay\/2021-08-24\/case-complacency Keywords: Foreign Policy, US Security, John Mueller Brief: The author presents the views of political scientist John Mueller from his latest book, to answer how the United States should respond […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":7267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-americas"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency.jpeg",1950,1300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency-300x200.jpeg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency-768x512.jpeg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency-1024x683.jpeg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency-1536x1024.jpeg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency.jpeg",1950,1300,false]},"author_info":{"info":["CIGA Staff"]},"category_info":"The Americas<\/a>","tag_info":"The Americas","comment_count":"0","rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency.jpeg",1950,1300,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency.jpeg",1950,1300,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency.jpeg",1950,1300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency-300x200.jpeg",300,200,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency-1024x683.jpeg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency-1536x1024.jpeg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Case-for-Complacency.jpeg",1950,1300,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"CIGA Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?author=23"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"The Americas<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Author: \u00a0Tanisha M. 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