The New Great Power Coalition - Softcover

Rosecrance, Richard N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742510093 ISBN 13: 9780742510098

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001

Synopsis

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.' The construction of such a coalition presents special problems and opportunities for the United States. In the years ahead, America will need to adjust its policies to bring China and Russia into membership of such a group or see them progressively adopt recalcitrant and antagonistic attitudes toward world affairs.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard N. Rosecrance is professor of political science at the University of California at Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0742510093
• ISBN 13: 9780742510098
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384