War, Peace and Hegemony in a Globalized World: The Changing Balance of Power in the Twenty-First Century [Paperback]

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.

Written by leading scholars, such as Joseph Nye, Eric Hobsbawm and Akira Iriye, the volume examines if the absence of a superpower status would lead to anarchy, or if an alternative is possible. In view of the globalization process and the changing perceptions of US hegemony in the various regions of the world, it addresses the possibility of re-examining and redefining the nineteenth century classical balance of power.

Divided into two sections, it analyzes:

• global perspectives on war, peace and hegemony, and the role of the United States
• each region of the world in the context of the unfolding processes of globalization; the various ways in which economic and socio-political organizations are impacting inter- and intra-regionally; and the role of the United States vis-?-vis the individual countries and regions.

1. Introduction Chandra Chari  Section 1: Global Perspectives  2. War, Peace and Hegemony at the Beginning of the 21st Century Eric Hobsbawm  3. Global Governance in the Age of Transnationalism Akira Iriye  4. The Future of Power Joseph S. Nye, Jr.  5. The Troubled Quest for International Nuclear Order William Walker  6. Globalization, Hegemony and the Failure of Empire Prem Shankar Jha  7. Global Prosperity and the Prospect of War in the 21st Century T.C.A. Srinivasa-Raghavan  8. Human Security in Asia in a Conservative Era: Against the Odds, Twice Paul M. Evlƒ¾