Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare

不發一兵一卒，就能扼住敵手命脈的經濟戰術！
深入分析經濟策略如何成為美國外交政策核心
 
　　本書生動描繪了當代最關鍵地緣政治變革之一，揭開美國政府如何運用華爾街、矽谷與石油巨頭的力量對抗敵人的複雜策略。故事核心是一群背景多元的政策創新者：他們是外交官、律師與金融高手，正是他們策劃並推動美國對俄羅斯、中國與伊朗日益升級的經濟戰。
 
　　經濟戰已成為美國面對國際危機與抗衡對手的首要手段。今日我們所處的世界秩序，正是一場經濟軍備競賽與全球經濟分裂的產物。本書是對經濟戰的權威記述，深刻揭示美國如何開創這種全新戰法，以及它如何改變了全世界。(文/博客來編譯)

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

＂Deftly written, Chokepoints is a compelling and dramatic narrative about the new shape of geopolitics.＂
-- Daniel Yergin, The Wall Street Journal

＂A timely, riveting world tour...[An] absorbing book.＂
-- The Economist

＂Remarkable...One of the most important books on economic warfare ever written.＂
-- Paul Kennedy, author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

The epic story of how America turned the world economy into a weapon, upending decades of globalization to take on a new authoritarian axis--Russia, China, and Iran.

It used to be that ravaging another country’s economy required blockading its ports and laying siege to its cities. Now all it takes is a statement posted online by the U.S. government.

In Chokepoints, Edward Fishman, a former top State Department sanctions official, takes us deep into the back rooms of power to reveal the untold history of the last two decades of U.S. foreign policy, in which America renounced the gospel of globalization and waged a new kind of economic war. As Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Ayatollah Khamenei wreaked havoc on the world stage, mavericks within the U.S. government built a fearsome new arsenal of economic weapons, exploiting America’s dominance in global finance and technology. Successive U.S. presidents have relied on these unconventional weapons to address the most pressing national-security threats, for good and for ill.

Chokepoints provides a thrilling account of one of the most critical geopolitical developments of our time, demystifying the complex strategies the U.S. government uses to harness the power of Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Big Oil against America’s enemies. At the center of the narrative is an eclectic group of policy innovators: the diplomats, lawyers, and financial whizzes who’ve masterminded America’s escalating economic wars against Russia, China, and Iran.

Economic warfare has become the primary way the United States confronts international crises and counters rivals. Sometimes it has achieved spectacular success; other times, bitter failure. The result we live with today is a new world order: an economic arms race among great powers and a fracturing global economy. Chokepoints is the definitive account of how America pioneered this new, hard-hitting style of economic war--and how it’s changing the world.

Edward Fishman is one of the world’s leading authorities on economic statecraft and sanctions. He teaches at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and is a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy. He also advises companies on geopolitical issues and invests in mission-driven technology startups. Previously, he served in the U.S. State Department as a member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, at the Pentagon as an advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and at the U.S. Treasury Department as special assistant to the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. His analysis is regularly featured by outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR, and he frequently writes for publications such as Foreign Affairs and Politico. He holds a B.A. in History from Yale, an M.Phil. in International Relations from Cambridge, and an M.B.A. from Stanford.