The New Great Power Coalition

by Rosecrance, Richard N.; Alexandroff, Alan; Amini, Gitty M.; Baum, Richard; Kibbe, Jennifer; Lal, Deepak; Larson, Deborah; Rasmussen, Greg; Scanlon, Joel; Shevchenko, Alexei; Spiegel, Steven L.; Stein, Arthur A.; Williams, Kristen P.

• ISBN13: 9780742510098
• ISBN10: 0742510093
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-27
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The Great Power coalition of the early 19th century succeeded in keeping the peace among the major states of England, France, Prussia, Russia, and Austria. For the last century and a half, however, no truly encompassing coalition has emerged, and in its absence the 20th century was plagued by world wars and peripheral conflicts. Only now, at the outset of the 21st century, is a new Great Power coalition possible. This book examines the prospect of a Great Power coalition that would be sustained by the development of overlapping international clubs. The new set of Great Powers--the United States, Japan, the European Union, China, and Russia--can be increasingly bound together through a combination of status and econom incentives, international norms and regimes, and the emulation of national and regional best practices.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(20)
Arthur A. Stein
Part I: Influence Patterns: Country Case Studies
Failures to Influence the Soviets: The Marshall Plan and Detente	21	(22)
Kristen Williams
Deborah Larson
Alexei Shevchenko
Mikhail Gorbachev and the Role of Emulation and Status Incentives	43	(22)
Deborah Larson
Alexei Shevchenko
China and the Forces of Globalization	65	(22)
Richard Baum
Alexei Shevchenko
North Korea and Vietnam	87	(24)
Gitty M. Amini
Joel Scanlon
The Failure to Influence Iraq	111	(24)
Jennifer Kibbe
Iran: The Failure of Economic Incentives and Disincentives	135	(24)
Gitty M. Amini
Part II: International Organizations and Regimes
The Influence of the European Union	159	(22)
Kristen Williams
Non-Proliferation Regimes	181	(22)
Greg Rasmussen
Arthur A. Stein
Great Power Concerts in Historical Perspective	203	(18)
Greg Rasmussen
The Theory of Overlapping Clubs	221	(16)
Richard Rosecrance
Arthur A. Stein
Part III: The Inculcation of New Norms
The Development and Spread of Economic Norms and Incentives	237	(24)
Deepak Lal
Constrained Sovereignty: The Growth of International Intrusiveness	261	(22)
Arthur A. Stein
Emulation in International History	283	(10)
Richard Rosecrance
Emulation in the Middle East	293	(18)
Steven L. Spiegel
Jennifer Kibbe
Part IV: Applications: What Can the United States Do?
Bringing Russia into the Club	311	(16)
Deborah Larson
Alexei Shevchenko
Bringing China In: A Cautionary Note	327	(18)
Richard Baum
Alexei Shevchenko
China and the World Trade Organization: Can Economic Engagement Triumph over Containment?	345	(22)
Alan Alexandroff
Conclusion	367	(14)
Jennifer Kibbe
Richard Rosecrance
Arthur A. Stein
Index	381	(6)
About the Contributors	387