Under the title War by Other Means, Blackwill and Harris have written a major contribution to geoeconomics and statecraft. The authors work within the Council of Foreign Relations and present in their thought-provoking book recommendations for putting economic lenses on political questions to shape the US foreign policy better. The book is not only interesting in terms of recommendations, but it also serves as a textbook/catalogue of all economic tools adopted in the American foreign policy. The authors see an urgent need to apply more economic instruments in the American foreign policy because, according to them, the application of military power has not always borne very positive fruits. (Read more)