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Hand-off : the foreign policy George W. Bush passed to Barack Obama / Stephen J. Hadley, editor ; Peter D. Feaver, William C. Inboden, and Meghan L. O'Sullivan, co-editors ; Maureen McGrath, operational and technical support.

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ; Lanham, Maryland ; co-published by Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]

©2023

xxvii, 743 pages ; 24 cm

This book details the Bush administration's national security and foreign policy as described at the time in then-classified transition memoranda prepared by the National Security Council experts who advised President Bush -- Provided by publisher.

Hand-Off details the Bush administration’s national security and foreign policy as described at the time in then-classified Transition Memoranda prepared by the National Security Council experts who advised President Bush. Thirty of these Transition Memoranda, newly declassified and here made public for the first time, provide a detailed, comprehensive, and first-hand look at the foreign policy the Bush administration turned over to President Obama. In a postscript to each memorandum, these same experts now in hindsight take a remarkably self-critical look at that Bush foreign policy legacy after more than a dozen years of watching subsequent administrations attempt to deal with the same vexing agenda of threats and opportunities--China, Russia, Iran, the Middle East, terrorism, proliferation, cyber, pandemics, and climate change--an agenda that still dominates America’s national security and foreign policy. Hand-Off will be an invaluable resource for scholars, students, policy analysts, and general readers seeking to understand afresh the Bush administration’s foreign policy, particularly in view of the records of the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations. -- Provided by publisher.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

National security -- United States -- History -- 21st century -- Sources.

Presidents -- United States -- Transition periods.

United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.

United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century -- Sources.

United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.

Hadley, Stephen J., editor.

Feaver, Peter D., 1961- editor.

Inboden, William, 1972- editor.

O'Sullivan, Meghan L., editor.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- writer of foreword.

Foreign policy George W. Bush passed to Barack Obama

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / George W. Bush -- Preface / Condoleezza Rice and Stephen J. Hadley -- Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley and Meghan L O'Sullivan - PART 1. THE SOUL OF BUSH FOREIGN POLICY - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 1. THE FREEDOM AGENDA - Transition Memorandum: Freedom Agenda - Postscript / Michael Gerson, Peter Wehner -- PART 2. THE WAR ON TERROR - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 2. THE FIGHT AGAINST AL QAEDA - Transition Memoranda: Dismantling al Qaeda - Combating Terrorist Financing and Using Financial Tools to Isolate Rogue Actors - Postscript / Nicholas Rasmussen -- CHAPTER 3. INSTITUTIONALIZING THE WAR ON TERROR - Transition Memorandum: Institutionalizing the War on Terror - Postscript / Michele L. Malvesti -- CHAPTER 4. THE WAR OF IDEAS - Transition Memorandum: War of Ideas -- Postscript / Farrah Pandith -- PART 3. INTERVENTIONS AND STABILIZATION - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 5. AFGHANISTAN - Transition Memorandum: Afghanistan -- Postscript / Paul D. Miller, Douglas Lute, Meghan L. O'Sullivan -- CHAPTER 6. PAKISTAN - Transition Memorandum: Pakistan - Postscript / Mark Webber -- CHAPTER 7. IRAQ - Transition Memorandum: Iraq - Postscript / Meghan O. Sullivan -- CHAPTER 8. COLOMBIA - Transition Memorandum: Colombia - Postscript / Thomas Shannon, Daniel W. Fisk -- CHAPTER 9. LEBANON - Transition Memorandum: Lebanon - Postscript / Michael Singh -- CHAPTER 10. STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS - Transition Memorandum: Reconstruction and Stabilization Operations - Postscript / Richard Hooker -- PART 4. THE PROLIFERATION PROBLEM - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 11. MEETING THE CHALLENGE - Transition Memoranda: Counterproliferation Policy - Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism -- Postscript / Michael Allen -- CHAPTER 12. TURNING LIBYA/THWARTING A. Q. KHAN - Transition Memorandum: US efforts to Turn Libya and Dismantle the A. Q. Khan Nuclear Proliferation Network -- Postscript : William Tobey - CHAPTER 13. IRAN - Transition Memorandum: Our Approach to Iran -Postscript / Michael Singh -- CHAPTER 14. NORTH KOREA - Transition Memorandum: North Korea and Six-Party Talks - Postscript / Victor Cha, Michael Allen, J. D. Crouch, Michael Green, Paul Haenle -- CHAPTER 15. MISSILE DEFENSE - Transition Memorandum: Missile Defense - Postscript / William Tobey

PART 5. GREAT POWER COMPETITION - Introduction / Stephen Hadley -- CHAPTER 16. EUROPE - Transition Memoranda: Europe Whole, Free, and at Peace - Western Balkans - Postscript / Damon Wilson, Judy Ansley, Daniel Fried -- CHAPTER 17. RUSSIA - Transition Memorandum: Managing Cooperation/Differences With Russia - Postscript / Thomas Graham -- CHAPTER 18. CHINA - Transition Memoranda: China Policy - East Asian Alliances and Architecture - Postscript / Paul Haenle, Michael Green, Faryar Shirzad -- CHAPTER 19. INDIA - Transition Memorandum: India -- Postscript / Mark Webber -- PART 6. DEVELOPING WORLD AND REGIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - SUBPART 1. TRANSFORMING DEVELOPMENT - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley --CHAPTER 20. A NEW STRATEGY - Transition Memorandum: Smart Development - Postscript / John Simon, Jendayi Frazer, Bobby Pittman -- SUBPART 2. COMBATING ENDEMIC DISEASES - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley -- CHAPTER 21. HIV/AIDS - Transition Memorandum: President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - Postscript / Mark Dybul, Dana DeRuiter -- CHAPTER 22. MALARIA - Transition Memorandum: The President's Malaria Initiative - Postscript / Michael Miller, Tim Ziemer -- CHAPTER 23. NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES - Transition Memorandum: Neglected Tropical Diseases - Postscript / Dana DeRuiter, Mark Dybul - CHAPTER 24. PANDEMIC PREPARATION - Essay: Biodefense and Pandemic Planning / Rajeev Venkayya -- SUBPART C. RESOLVING LONG-STANDING CONFLICTS - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley -- CHAPTER 25. AFRICA - Transition Memorandum: Africa Conflict Resolution Policy - Postscript / Jendayi Frazer, Bobby Pittman, John Simon - CHAPTER 26. MIDDLE EAST PEACE - Transition Memorandum: Middle East Peace Process - Postscript / Michael Singh -- PART 7. EMERGING CHALLENGES - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 27. CYBER - Essay: Cyber Preparedness / Kenneth L. Wainstein, Keith Ausbrook, Neill Sciarrone -- CHAPTER 28. CLIMATE CHANGE - Essay: Climate Change and Clean Development / James L. Connaughton - CHAPTER 29. AUTHORITARIAN POPULISM - Transition Memorandum: Confronting Authoritarian Populism - Postscript / Thomas Shannon, Daniel W. Fisk -- PART 8. COMMENTARY - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 30. "AN ILLUMINATING HANDOFF," an essay by Melvyn P. Leffler -- CHAPTER 31. "REASSESSING BUSH'S LEGACY : WHAT THE TRANSITION MEMORANDA DO (AND DON'T) REVEAL." an essay by Hal Brands -- CHAPTER 32. "TRANSFORMING PRESIDENTIAL POWER IN A POST-9/11 WORLD," an essay by Martha Joynt Kumar

Appendix A. Complete List of Bush Administration National Security Council Transition Memoranda -- Appendix B. Description of Digital Archives to be Maintained at SMU -- Contributing Authors -- Postscript Authors: Titles Held During the Bush 43 Administration -- Index

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