A Multipolar peace? : great-power politics in the twenty-first century / Charles W. Kegley, Gregory A. Raymond.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994Description: x, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0312099576
- 9780312099572
- 0312102704
- 9780312102708
- 0333618513
- 9780333618516
- 327.172 23
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-264) and index.
Pt. I. Visions of the Post-Cold War World -- 1. New International Realities -- Dangers in a Disorderly New World Order -- The Specter of Multipolarity -- Continuity and Change in the Structure of World Power -- 2. Rethinking Cold War Lessons -- What Was the Long Peace? -- Potentially Mythical Causes of the Long Peace -- Cold War Myths and Dangerous Extrapolations -- 3. Must We Fear a Multipolar Future? -- Realist Theory, Multipolarity, and the Post-Cold War World -- The Geometry of Multipolar Systems -- Multipolar Systems in History -- Pt. II. Understanding the Past -- 4. 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 -- 5. 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 -- 6. 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 -- Pt. III. Choices for the Future -- 7. Paths to Peace -- The Range of Great-Power Choice in a Multipolar System -- Comparing Strategies for Peace -- 8. The United States: Recluse, Leader, or Balancer? -- Constraints on U.S. Policy Options -- Setting U.S. Priorities -- 9. A World of Special Relationships? -- Special Relationships in the Past -- Special Relationships in the Future -- Implications for Great-Power Choices -- 10. 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.
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