Anne-Marie Slaughter is President and CEO of New America, former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department, and former Dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Her previous books include A New World Order and Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family, named one of the best books of 2015 by the Washington Post, the Economist, and NPR. She lives in Princeton, NJ.
"In happier times, The Chessboard and the Web might have been
taken as extended application letters for senior posts under either
Hillary Clinton or a mainstream Republican. . . . Where Slaughter
is fundamentally at odds with the new Washington is in her belief
that foreign policy is not a zero-sum game. For her, politics is
more than a bilateral tussle over trade or security. . . . She
argues her case from both an extensive review of the literature and
her own experience in government, citing examples such as the 2015
Paris Agreement on climate change."—Mark Malloch-Brown, Financial
Times
“Successful. . . it is a commonsensical plea for foreign policy
experts to take network power more seriously.”
—Jeffrey Collins, TLS
“Slaughter’s book is both a guide for diplomats and a vision for
the future of diplomacy. . . a new grand strategy to guide
foreign-policy making.”—Ilan Manor, International Affairs
"This paradigm-changing book cogently encourages fresh ways of
thinking about the workplace and the world. . . . Readers will
likely end up taking this book to work with them when especially
challenging problems arise."—Publishers Weekly, (starred
review)
"The Chessboard and the Web presents a brilliantly imaginative
vision of world politics for the age of the Internet and social
media, informed by the author’s career in government as well as her
scholarship."—Robert O. Keohane, Professor of Public and
International Affairs, Princeton University
"A profound and insightful view of geopolitics from one of the
greatest living foreign policy thinkers. This book should be
required reading for any student or practitioner of international
relations. It will only become more relevant and prescient over
time."—Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Alphabet Inc.
"Must reading for policymakers and citizens alike. Anne-Marie
Slaughter has taken on the enormous task of rethinking grand
strategy in an interconnected world where government is but one of
the key players. There is little doubt that an Open Order world
would be more prosperous and safer. The Chessboard and the Web
launches an important conversation on how to get there."—Former
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
"Slaughter’s book applies well beyond the field of foreign
policy. It speaks directly to the needs of global
business to rethink the architecture and culture of their business
models, organizations and strategies."—Tom Pritzker, Executive
Chairman Hyatt Hotels Corp.
"Networks are becoming more important and deserve more attention in
both the theory and practice of foreign policy. Slaughter's
exposition is masterful and succinct. This book will command
attention, not only because of her scholarship but also because of
her reputation and experience."—Joseph S. Nye Jr., author of Soft
Power and Is the American Century Over?
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