Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I: Global perspectives; 2 War, peace and hegemony at the beginning of the twenty-first century; 3 Global governance in the age of transnationalism; 4 The future of American power; 5 The troubled quest for international nuclear order; 6 Globalization, hegemony and the failure of empire; 7 Global prosperity and the prospect of war in the twenty-first century; 8 Human security in Asia in a conservative era: Against the odds, twice; 9 Hegemony and strategic choice
Summary
Written by leading scholars, such as Joseph Nye, Eric Hobsbawm and Akira Iriye, this book focuses on how the US could adapt its foreign policy initiatives to fit in with the growing aspirations of a multipolar world for a more balanced international order
