America and a changed world : a question of leadership /
Niblett, Robin,1961-
Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell ; London : Chatham House,
2010.
"As President Barack Obama attempts to renew America's global leadership, scholars affiliated with Chatham House offer expert perspectives from outside the United States on its ability to continue to play a leading international role. Looking at a range of themes and regions, their analyses provide a challenging basis for rethinking America's international leadership"--
"As President Barack Obama attempts to renew America's global leadership, scholars affiliated with Chatham House offer expert perspectives from outside the United States on its ability to continue to play a leading international role. Looking at a range of themes and regions, their analyses provide a challenging basis for rethinking America's international leadership"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction (Robin Niblett). -- Part I Deepening Regionalism and the US Response -- 1 Latin America: forging partnerships in a transformed region / Victor Bulmer-Thomas -- 2 The Middle East: changing from external arbiter to regional player / Claire Spencer -- 3 Sub-Saharan Africa: providing strategic vision or fire-fighting?  / Alex Vines and Tom Cargill  -- 4 East Asia: searching for consistency / John Swenson-Wright -- 5 South Asia: navigating minefields / Gareth Price -- 6 Central Asia: responding to the multi-vectoring game / Annette Bohr -- 7 The South Caucasus: drama on three stages / James Nixey -- Part II Partners and Competitors -- 8 China: between global responsibilities and internal transitions / Kerry Brown -- 9 Russia: managing contradictions / James Sherr -- 10 Europe: transatlantic relations still drifting / Robin Niblett -- Part III Global Challenges -- 11 International law and the United Nations: a new era of US engagement / Devika Hovell -- 12 Arms control tomorrow: the challenge of nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century / Paul Cornish -- 13 The United States and climate change: from process to action / Bernice Lee and Michael Grubb with Felix Preston and Benjamin Zala -- 14 The role of the US in the post-crisis economic order / Paola Subacchi -- Index.