America and a Changed World: A Question of Leadership Book

Preface and acknowledgments vii

Notes on contributors ix

Introduction Robin Niblett 1

Part I Deepening Regionalism and the US Response

1 Latin America: forging partnerships in a transformed region Victor Bulmer-Thomas 15

2 The Middle East: changing from external arbiter to regional player Claire Spencer 30

3 Sub-Saharan Africa: providing strategic vision or fire-fighting? Alex Vines Tom Cargill 49

4 East Asia: searching for consistency John Swenson-Wright 71

5 South Asia: navigating minefields Gareth Price 89

6 Central Asia: responding to the multi-vectoring game Annette Bohr 109

7 The South Caucasus: drama on three stages James Nixey 125

Part II Partners and Competitors

8 China: between global responsibilities and internal transitions Kerry Brown 145

9 Russia: managing contradictions James Sherr 162

10 Europe: transatlantic relations still drifting Robin Niblett 185

Part III Global Challenges

11 International law and the United Nations: a new era of US engagement Devika Hovell 205

12 Arms control tomorrow: the challenge of nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century Paul Cornish 223

13 The United States and climate change: from process to action Bernice Lee Michael Grubb Felix Preston Benjamin Zala 238

14 The role of the US in the post-crisis economic order Paola Subacchi 258

Index 275