Unipolar Politics: Realism and State Strategies after the Cold War by Ethan B. Kapstein (Editor), Michael Mastanduno (Editor)

From the Publisher

Unipolar Politics brings together prominent scholars in international relations to analyze the decisions that major powers have made since the Cold War to adapt to a rapidly changing economic and security environment.

The book points to powerful evidence that nations around the world are "bandwagoning" with the United States in most respects, while still trying to maintain some independence of action in the event that America becomes isolationist, antagonistic, or simply uninterested in a particular regional crisis. Meanwhile the United States is being pulled in different directions by its own economic and security requirements, leading to policy contradictions that must be resolved if the "unipolar" moment is to endure.

The authors acknowledge that, while great power wars are now unlikely, positional conflicts over resources and markets still remain, and may even be strengthening.

Foreign Affairs

Essential reading for those seeking to understand the current strategic landscape and its future.

Joseph S. Nye Jr.

The Cold War has been over for nearly a decade, but we are still struggling to understand its succeeding era. The essays in Unipolar Politics make an important contribution to that quest.

John J. Mearshimer

The authors in this book offer abundant insights into the nature of contemporary international politics, and help us understand that the struggle for power between states did not stop when the Cold War ended.

Booknews

Contains 12 essays, written primarily by American political scientists, which aim to determine whether and to what degree the dominant research program in international relations<-->realism<-->can help us to understand both changes in the systemic environment and in the grand strategies of nation-states. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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