Debating a Post-American World

<p>The United States is currently the linchpin of global trade technology and finance and a military colossus extending across the world with a network of bases and alliances. This book anticipates the possible issues raised by a transition between American dominance and the rise of alternative powers.</p><p>While a ‘post-American’ world need not be any different than that of today the risk associated with such a change provides ample reason for attentive study. Divided into four parts 50 international relations scholars explore and discuss:</p><ul> <ul> <p> </p> <li>Power Transitions: addressing issues including the rise of China; the passing of American primacy and the endurance of American leadership. </li> <p> </p> <li>War and Peace: addressing nuclear weapons; the risk of war; security privatization and global insecurity </li> <p> </p> <li>Global Governance: addressing competition trade the UN sovereignty humanitarian intervention law and power. </li> <p> </p> <li>Energy and the Environment: addressing resource conflict petrol climate change and technology. </li> </ul> </ul><p>This unique project offers a compilation of disparate arguments by scholars and policy practitioners encompassing a plurality of disciplines and theoretical perspectives. By providing clarity and focus to this essential debate on the future of the world in the next several decades <em>Debating a Post-American World</em> will be of interest to students and scholars of International Relations and global politics American politics US Foreign policy and International Security.</p>