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Neorealists argue that all states aim to acquire power and that
state cooperation can therefore only be temporary, based on a
common opposition to a third country. This view condemns the world
to endless conflict for the indefinite future. Based upon careful
attention to actual historical outcomes, this book contends that,
while some countries and leaders have demonstrated excessive power
drives, others have essentially underplayed their power and sought
less position and influence than their comparative strength might
have justified. Featuring case studies from across the globe,
History and Neorealism examines how states have actually acted. The
authors conclude that leadership, domestic politics, and the domain
(of gain or loss) in which they reside play an important role along
with international factors in raising the possibility of a world in
which conflict does not remain constant and, though not eliminated,
can be progressively reduced.
How can America and Europe regain strength and prosperity and
prevent another Great War? After two centuries of ascent, the
United States finds itself in economic decline. Some advise America
to cure its woes alone. But the road to isolation leads inevitably
to the end of U.S. leadership in the international system, warns
Richard Rosecrance in this bold and novel book. Instead, Rosecrance
calls for the United States to join forces with the European Union
and create a transatlantic economic union. Such a U.S.-Europe
community would unblock arteries of trade and investment,
rejuvenate the West, and enable Western countries to deal with East
Asian challenges from a position of unity and economic strength.
Exploring the possibilities for such a merger, the author writes,
"The European Union offers a means of creating larger units without
recourse to force. A connection between Europe and North America
could eventually grow into an agglomeration of states, drawing
China and the East into a new network of countries. In this way
East will eventually join the West." Through this great merger the
author offers a positive vision of the future in which members of a
tightly knit Western alliance regain economic health and attract
Eastern nations to join a new and worldwide international order.
Neorealists argue that all states aim to acquire power and that
state cooperation can therefore only be temporary, based on a
common opposition to a third country. This view condemns the world
to endless conflict for the indefinite future. Based upon careful
attention to actual historical outcomes, this book contends that,
while some countries and leaders have demonstrated excessive power
drives, others have essentially underplayed their power and sought
less position and influence than their comparative strength might
have justified. Featuring case studies from across the globe,
History and Neorealism examines how states have actually acted. The
authors conclude that leadership, domestic politics, and the domain
(of gain or loss) in which they reside play an important role along
with international factors in raising the possibility of a world in
which conflict does not remain constant and, though not eliminated,
can be progressively reduced.
What will power look like in the century to come? "Imperial Great
Britain may have been the model for the nineteenth century,"
Richard Rosecrance writes, "but Hong Kong will be the model for the
twenty-first." We are entering the Age of the Virtual State - when
land and its products are no longer the primary source of power,
when managing flows is more important than maintaining stockpiles,
when service industries are the greatest source of wealth and
expertise and creativity are the greatest natural
resources.Rosecrance's brilliant new book combines international
relations theory with economics and the business model of the
virtual corporation to describe how virtual states arise and
operate, and how traditional powers will relate to them. In
specific detail, he shows why Japan's kereitsu system, which
brought it industrial dominance, is doomed; why Hong Kong and
Taiwan will influence China more than vice-versa; and why the
European Union will command the most international prestige even
though the U.S. may produce more wealth.
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