Power in international relations Articles

Surge of the 'Second World'

Parag Khanna | Apr 25, 2012
Those nations falling between the developed West and the world’s poorest countries are jockeying for position in their own regions and playing powers against each other. They will make life increasingly difficult for the reigning great powers.

A Subversive on a Hill

Lawrence Freedman | May 07, 2009
With America mired in two wars and our economy in shambles, the chorus of declinists has returned. But the United States will endure because it is an elastic power.

Symposium: Great Powers in Wonderland

Harry Harding
Ali Ansari
Nikolas K. Gvosdev
David Shambaugh
Deepa Ollapally
Richard J. Samuels
Riordan Roett
Evelyn Goh
Hanns W. Maull
Henry R. Nau
| Feb 29, 2008
Whither American hegemony? A glimpse of the multipolar world to come.

Beyond American Hegemony

Michael Lind | May 01, 2007
The United States should abandon its futile attempt to secure global hegemony in favor of a concert-of-power foreign-policy strategy.

The Democratic Imperative

Adrian Karatnycky | Jun 01, 2004
The world's democrats have joined forces, to the benefit of all involved.

Therapy's End

E. Wayne Merry | Dec 01, 2003
NATO died with the Soviet Union. Get over it.

America as European Hegemon

Christopher Layne | Jun 01, 2003
Despite broad acceptance of the view that the United States has been an "offshore balancer" with regard to Europe over the past several decades, the facts don't fit the theory--the facts of the past dozen years most particularly.

The Transformation of National Security

Philip Zelikow | Mar 01, 2003
The Bush Administration's National Security Strategy is based on five critical redefinitions of international politics--and not a moment too soon.

A Choice of Europes

David Calleo | Mar 01, 2001
European security can best be bolstered through structures that embody both the West's ideals and geopolitical realities.

Getting Hegemony Right

G. John Ikenberry | Mar 01, 2001
If it is to avoid global resentment and ward off potentially hostile coalitions, the United States must continue to ensure that others have a stake in its hegemonic system.

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May 26, 2012