America and a Changed World: A Question of Leadership

Notes on contributors.

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.