{"product_id":"bush-ii-obama-and-the-thomas-andrew-okeefe-9781138080850","title":"Bush II, Obama, and the Decline of U.S. Hegemony in the Western Hemisphere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBush II, Obama, and the Decline of U.S. Hegemony in the Western Hemisphere\u003c\/em\u003e applies competing definitions and conceptions of hegemony to various foreign policy initiatives and events during the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama to test whether they manifest a decline in traditional United States dominance and leadership in the Western Hemisphere. In particular, the book examines the continued relevancy of the Inter-American system, the failure to establish a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and the stillborn Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). It also discusses the implications of the People's Republic of China becoming a major trading partner and important source of financing and investment capital throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The book provides critical reviews of Plan Colombia, the Merida Initiative, Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas, the Central American Regional Security Initiative (CARSI), the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), 100,000 Strong in the Americas\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eand the restoration of normal U.S. diplomatic relations with Cuba. There are extensive analyses, unusual for a work in English, on the \u003ci\u003eAlianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América \u003c\/i\u003e(ALBA), \u003ci\u003eComunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y del Caribe \u003c\/i\u003e(CELAC), and \u003ci\u003eUnión de Naciones Suramericanas\u003c\/i\u003e (UNASUR).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Andrew O'Keefe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138080853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138080850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Thomas Andrew O'Keefe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065354399999,"sku":"9781138080850","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a789693f-02c0-4a38-b061-be623d1cdde0.jpg?v=1768674645","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bush-ii-obama-and-the-thomas-andrew-okeefe-9781138080850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}