A Multipolar peace? : great-power politics in the twenty-first century /
Kegley, Charles W.,
A Multipolar peace? : great-power politics in the twenty-first century / Charles W. Kegley, Gregory A. Raymond. - x, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-264) and index.
Visions of the Post-Cold War World -- New International Realities -- Dangers in a Disorderly New World Order -- The Specter of Multipolarity -- Continuity and Change in the Structure of World Power -- Rethinking Cold War Lessons -- What Was the Long Peace? -- Potentially Mythical Causes of the Long Peace -- Cold War Myths and Dangerous Extrapolations -- Must We Fear a Multipolar Future? -- Realist Theory, Multipolarity, and the Post-Cold War World -- The Geometry of Multipolar Systems -- Multipolar Systems in History -- Understanding the Past -- Polarity and Uncertainty -- Does the Number of Great-Power Competitors Matter? -- Does the Stability of the Great-Power Hierarchy Matter? -- Polarity, Power Transitions, and Peace -- Polarization and Escalation -- Alliances and Alignment in World Politics -- Why Great Powers Forge Alliances -- The Ambivalent Realpolitik Image of Alliances -- The Consequences of Polarized Alliances -- Great-Power Coalitions and Escalation to War -- International Norms and Great-Power Cooperation -- The Normative Context of Great-Power Interactions -- Normative Constraints on Great-Power Rivalry? -- The Normative Foundations of Multipolar Peace -- Choices for the Future -- Paths to Peace -- The Range of Great-Power Choice in a Multipolar System -- Comparing Strategies for Peace -- The United States: Recluse, Leader, or Balancer? -- Constraints on U.S. Policy Options -- Setting U.S. Priorities -- A World of Special Relationships? -- Special Relationships in the Past -- Special Relationships in the Future -- Implications for Great-Power Choices -- A Concert-Based Collective Security System? -- The Revival of Interest in Collective Security -- Requirements for Concert-Based Collective Security -- Alternative Frameworks for Concert-Based Collective Security -- The Future Is Now -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- About the Authors. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. Pt. II. 4. 5. 6. Pt. III. 7. 8. 9. 10.
0312099576 9780312099572 0312102704 9780312102708 0333618513 9780333618516
World politics--1989-
Security, International
Europe--History, Military
327.172
A Multipolar peace? : great-power politics in the twenty-first century / Charles W. Kegley, Gregory A. Raymond. - x, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-264) and index.
Visions of the Post-Cold War World -- New International Realities -- Dangers in a Disorderly New World Order -- The Specter of Multipolarity -- Continuity and Change in the Structure of World Power -- Rethinking Cold War Lessons -- What Was the Long Peace? -- Potentially Mythical Causes of the Long Peace -- Cold War Myths and Dangerous Extrapolations -- Must We Fear a Multipolar Future? -- Realist Theory, Multipolarity, and the Post-Cold War World -- The Geometry of Multipolar Systems -- Multipolar Systems in History -- Understanding the Past -- Polarity and Uncertainty -- Does the Number of Great-Power Competitors Matter? -- Does the Stability of the Great-Power Hierarchy Matter? -- Polarity, Power Transitions, and Peace -- Polarization and Escalation -- Alliances and Alignment in World Politics -- Why Great Powers Forge Alliances -- The Ambivalent Realpolitik Image of Alliances -- The Consequences of Polarized Alliances -- Great-Power Coalitions and Escalation to War -- International Norms and Great-Power Cooperation -- The Normative Context of Great-Power Interactions -- Normative Constraints on Great-Power Rivalry? -- The Normative Foundations of Multipolar Peace -- Choices for the Future -- Paths to Peace -- The Range of Great-Power Choice in a Multipolar System -- Comparing Strategies for Peace -- The United States: Recluse, Leader, or Balancer? -- Constraints on U.S. Policy Options -- Setting U.S. Priorities -- A World of Special Relationships? -- Special Relationships in the Past -- Special Relationships in the Future -- Implications for Great-Power Choices -- A Concert-Based Collective Security System? -- The Revival of Interest in Collective Security -- Requirements for Concert-Based Collective Security -- Alternative Frameworks for Concert-Based Collective Security -- The Future Is Now -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- About the Authors. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. Pt. II. 4. 5. 6. Pt. III. 7. 8. 9. 10.
0312099576 9780312099572 0312102704 9780312102708 0333618513 9780333618516
World politics--1989-
Security, International
Europe--History, Military
327.172