America and a changed world : a question of leadership /

"As President Barack Obama attempts to renew America's global leadership, scholars affiliated with Chatham House offer expert perspectives from outside the United States on its ability to continue to play a leading international role. Looking at a range of themes and regions, their analyse...

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Other Authors: Niblett, Robin, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : London : Wiley-Blackwell ; Chatham House, 2010.
Series:Chatham House papers (Unnumbered)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction (Robin Niblett).
  • Part I Deepening Regionalism and the US Response
  • 1 Latin America: forging partnerships in a transformed region / Victor Bulmer-Thomas
  • 2 The Middle East: changing from external arbiter to regional player / Claire Spencer
  • 3 Sub-Saharan Africa: providing strategic vision or fire-fighting? / Alex Vines and Tom Cargill
  • 4 East Asia: searching for consistency / John Swenson-Wright
  • 5 South Asia: navigating minefields / Gareth Price
  • 6 Central Asia: responding to the multi-vectoring game / Annette Bohr
  • 7 The South Caucasus: drama on three stages / James Nixey
  • Part II Partners and Competitors
  • 8 China: between global responsibilities and internal transitions / Kerry Brown
  • 9 Russia: managing contradictions / James Sherr
  • 10 Europe: transatlantic relations still drifting / Robin Niblett
  • Part III Global Challenges
  • 11 International law and the United Nations: a new era of US engagement / Devika Hovell
  • 12 Arms control tomorrow: the challenge of nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century / Paul Cornish
  • 13 The United States and climate change: from process to action / Bernice Lee and Michael Grubb with Felix Preston and Benjamin Zala
  • 14 The role of the US in the post-crisis economic order / Paola Subacchi
  • Index.