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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453757503321

Titolo

Global powers in the 21st century [[electronic resource] ] : strategies and relations / / edited by Alexander T.J. Lennon and Amanda Kozlowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

0-262-28822-2

1-4356-6569-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (450 p.)

Collana

A Washington quarterly reader

Altri autori (Persone)

LennonAlexander T. J. <1969->

KozlowskiAmanda <1985->

Disciplina

327.1/12

Soggetti

Balance of power - Forecasting

World politics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Is India a major power? / George Perkovich -- Balancing interests and values : India's struggle with democracy promotion / C. Raja Mohan -- Building a new partnership with India / Teresita C. Schaffer -- Is India, or will it be, a responsible international stakeholder? / Xenia Dormandy -- Why does China matter? / Robert Sutter -- China's challenge to Pax Americana / Evan A. Feigenbaum -- China views globalization : toward a new great-power politics? / Yong Deng and Thomas G. Moore -- The promise and limitations of a Sino-U.S. partnership / Wu Xinbo -- The new strategic triangle : U.S. and European reactions to China's rise / David Shambaugh -- Putin's choice / Zbigniew Brzezinski -- Putin's plan / Clifford G. Gaddy and Andrew C. Kuchins -- Russian transimperialism and its implications / Celeste A. Wallander -- Russia redefines itself and its relations with the West / Dmitri Trenin -- Us and them : anti-American views of the Putin generation / Sarah E. Mendelson and Theodore P. Gerber -- Europe's leverage / Robert E. Hunter -- Europe and Islam : crescent waxing, cultures clashing / Timothy M. Savage -- The death of enlargement / Gideon Rachman -- Europe inside out / Robin Niblett -- A weakened EU's prospects for



global leadership / Franco Algieri -- Japan : using power narrowly / Edward J. Lincoln -- Japan's Goldilocks strategy / Richard J. Samuels -- A continuum of change / Akio Watanabe -- U.S.-Japanese relations after Koizumi : convergence or cooling? / Michael J. Green.

Sommario/riassunto

Experts analyze the changing perspectives and objectives of global powers China, Japan, Russia, India, and the European Union in a strategic landscape shaped by the Iraq War.