The trade environment plays a fundamental role in foreign policy

America has waged wars to safeguard its commercial interests

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Copeland offers “recommendations for robust policies to preserve America’s world order”—one of numerous reasons “for paying attention to this work,” writes Yale professor Paul Kennedy in The Wall Street Journal

In 2024, geopolitics will dominate bestseller lists. Dale Copeland, a professor of international relations, will chronicle how commerce has shaped America’s foreign policy, writes Rachel Lloyd, The Economist’s deputy culture editor

"What is remarkable about Copeland’s historical approach is how it reveals the extent to which antagonism with Britain remained the defining feature of U.S. foreign policy well into the 20th century," writes Cambridge lecturer Bronwen Everill in Foreign Policy.