The new great power coalition : toward a world concert of nations / edited by Richard Rosecrance.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosecrance, Richard N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Great powers.

China--Foreign relations.

China.

Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations.

Russia (Federation).

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

United States.

Physical Description:

vi, 388 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2001]

Summary:

The Great Power coalition of the early 19th century succeeded in keeping the peace among the major states of England, France, Prussia, Russia, and Austria. For the last century and a half, however, no truly encompassing coalition has emerged, and in its absence the 20th century was plagued by world wars and peripheral conflicts. Only now, at the outset of the 21st century, is a new Great Power coalition possible. This book examines the prospect of a Great Power coalition that would be sustained by the development of "overlapping international clubs". The new set of Great Powers -- the United States, Japan, the European Union, China, and Russia -- can be increasingly bound together through a combination of status and economic incentives, international norms and regimes, and the emulation of national and regional "best practices".

Contents:

Part I Influence Patterns: Country Case Studies

2 Failures to Influence the Soviets: The Marshall Plan and Detente / Kristen Williams, Deborah Larson, Alexei Shevchenko 21

3 Mikhail Gorbachev and the Role of Emulation and Status Incentives / Deborah Larson, Alexei Shevchenko 43

4 China and the Forces of Globalization / Richard Baum, Alexei Shevchenko 65

5 North Korea and Vietnam / Gitty M. Amini, Joel Scanlon 87

6 The Failure to Influence Iraq / Jennifer Kibbe 111

7 Iran: The Failure of Economic Incentives and Disincentives / Gitty M. Amini 135

Part II International Organizations and Regimes

8 The Influence of the European Union / Kristen Williams 159

9 Non-Proliferation Regimes / Greg Rasmussen, Arthur A. Stein 181

10 Great Power Concerts in Historical Perspective / Greg Rasmussen 203

11 The Theory of Overlapping Clubs / Richard Rosecrance, Arthur A. Stein 221

Part III The Inculcation of New Norms

12 The Development and Spread of Economic Norms and Incentives / Deepak Lal 237

13 Constrained Sovereignty: The Growth of International Intrusiveness / Arthur A. Stein 261

14 Emulation in International History / Richard Rosecrance 283

15 Emulation in the Middle East / Steven L. Spiegel, Jennifer Kibbe 293

Part IV Applications: What Can the United States Do?

16 Bringing Russia into the Club / Deborah Larson, Alexei Shevchenko 311

17 Bringing China In: A Cautionary Note / Richard Baum, Alexei Shevchenko 327

18 China and the World Trade Organization: Can Economic Engagement Triumph over Containment? / Alan Alexandroff 345.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742510085

0742510093

OCLC:

46449132