Power & responsibility : building international order in an era of transnational threats

Jones, Bruce D. (author.). Pascual, Carlos, 1959- (author.). Stedman, Stephen John, (author.).

Summary: "Makes the case for forming new international partnerships and revitalizing instruments of cooperation to address global challenges that post-WWII multilateral security systems cannot. Establishes a new conceptual foundation for international security: 'responsible sovereignty, ' which entails obligations and duties and attitudinal changes toward other states as well one's own"--Provided by publisher

Record details

ISBN: 9781282131262
ISBN: 1282131265
ISBN: 0815701837
ISBN: 9780815701835
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 360 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / Javier Solana -- Foreword / Brent Scowcroft -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Power -- Sovereignty's last best chance -- Interests and order : the United States and the major and rising powers -- Power and institutions : an effective international architecture for responsible sovereignty -- Part II. Responsibility -- Arresting climate change -- The second nuclear age -- Security in the biological century -- Managing civil violence and regional conflict -- Combating transnational terrorism -- Strengthening the pillars of economic security -- Part III. Order -- The hardest case : the broader Middle East -- Urgency and choice -- Notes -- Index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.