America and a Changed World

Looking at a range of themes and regions, this book provides a challenging basis for rethinking America's international leadership. Chatham House experts assess current US policy and the country's ability to continue to play an international leading role. A timely exploration as President Barack Obama attempts to renew America’s global leadership. Broad range of contributors including Annette Bohr (Central Asia), Victor Bulmer-Thomas (Latin America), Alex Vines and Tom Cargill (Sub-Saharan Africa), Paul Cornish (Arms control), Paola Subacchi (Economics), Kerry Brown (China) and James Sherr (Russia).

Preface and acknowledgments vii Notes on contributors ix Introduction 1 Robin Niblett Part I Deepening Regionalism and the US Response 1 Latin America: forging partnerships in a transformed region 15 Victor Bulmer-Thomas 2 The Middle East: changing from external arbiter to regional player 30 Claire Spencer 3 Sub-Saharan Africa: providing strategic vision or fire-fighting? 49 Alex Vines and Tom Cargill 4 East Asia: searching for consistency 71 John Swenson-Wright 5 South Asia: navigating minefields 89 Gareth Price 6 Central Asia: responding to the multi-vectoring game 109 Annette Bohr 7 The South Caucasus: drama on three stages 125 James Nixey Part II Partners and Competitors 8 China: between global responsibilities and internal transitions 145 Kerry Brown 9 Russia: managing contradictions 162 James Sherr 10 Europe: transatlantic relations still drifting 185 Robin Niblett Part III Global Challenges 11 International law and the United Nations: a new era of US engagement 205 Devika Hovell 12 Arms control tomorrow: the challenge of nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century 223 Paul Cornish 13 The United States and climate change: from process to action 238 Bernice Lee and Michael Grubb with Felix Preston and Benjamin Zala 14 The role of the US in the post-crisis economic order 258 Paola Subacchi Index 275