Rising States, Rising Institutions Challenges for Global Governance

by Alexandroff, Alan S.; Cooper, Andrew F.

• ISBN13: 9780815704225
• ISBN10: 0815704224
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-14
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Summary

The global order is shifting in an unprecedented fashion. No major war has intervened to reshape the balance of power; nor has the world seen events as dramatic as the collapse of communism and the end of bipolarity in 1989. Yet it is increasingly clear that change is afoot. While the United States remains the world's leading power --thanks to its combination of military and economic strength, technological prowess, and cultural appeal --Washington cannot simply impose its will on others. The European Union remains an independent force in global politics, and a host of rising states --including China, India, and Brazil --clamor to make their voices heard.Rising States, Rising Institutions examines the forces reshaping world politics and analyzes the institutions that are rising to meet the demand for new forms of global governance. The distinguished contributors include Anne-Marie Slaughter (director of policy planning at the U.S. State Department), Flynt Leverett (formerly senior director for Middle East affairs at the National Security Council), John Ikenberry (Princeton), Steven Miller (Harvard), Andrew Moravcsik (Princeton), and Andrew Hurrell (Oxford). Together they analyze different models of international cooperation, the states that have most actively challenged the existing order, and leading and emergent international institutions such as the G-20, the nascent regime for sovereign wealth funds, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the forums organized to foster cooperation in the war on terror.

Author Biography

Alan S. Alexandroff is a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, Ontario, and the research director of the Program on Conflict Management and Negotiation at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto. Andrew F. Cooper is associate director and distinguished fellow at CIGI and professor of political science at the University of Waterloo. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books on diplomacy and global governance.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Great Powers and International Structure
The Three Faces of Liberal Internationalism	p. 17
Transgovernmental Networks and Emerging Powers	p. 48
Labels Matter: Interpreting Rising Powers through Acronyms	p. 63
Rising States
China's Rising Institutional Influence	p. 83
Reforming Institutions, Unreformed India?	p. 105
Brazil: What Kind of Rising State in What Kind of Institutional Order?	p. 128
Europe: Rising Superpower in a Bipolar World	p. 151
Rising Institutions
The "Great Recession" and the Emergence of the G-20 Leaders' Summit	p. 177
The G-20 Finance Ministers: Network Governance	p. 196
BRIC by BRIC: The Emergent Regime for Sovereign Wealth Funds	p. 218
Consuming Energy: Rising Powers, the International Energy Agency, and the Global Energy Architecture	p. 240
The War on Terror and International Order: Strategic Choice and Global Governance	p. 266
Conclusion	p. 294
Contributors	p. 307
Index	p. 311
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