Apprenticeship : The education of a diplomat -- The Baker years : Shaping order -- Yeltsin's Russia : The limits of agency -- Jordan's moment of transition : The power of partnership -- Age of terror : The inversion of force and diplomacy -- Putin's disruptions : Managing great power trainwrecks -- Obama's long game : Bets, pivots, and resets in a post-primacy world -- The Arab Spring : When the short game intercedes -- Iran and the bomb : The secret talks -- Pivotal power : Restoring America's tool of first resort

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