The pivotal states
Subtitle: a new framework for U.S. policy in the developing world
By: Robert Chase, Emily Hill, and Paul Kennedy, editors.
Contributors: Chase, Robert.; Hill, Emily.; Kennedy, Paul M., 1945-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-; Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries.
Description: The foreign policy framework proposed here assumes that of the world's 140 developing states, there is a group of pivotal states whose futures are poised at critical turning points, and whose fates will strongly affect regional and even global security. These nine states - Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, Brazil, Algeria, and Mexico - are the ones upon which the United States should focus its scarce foreign policy resources.

Events of the past year in Indonesia, India, and Pakistan have already affirmed the wisdom of this policy. In a series of cogent, original case studies, area experts explore the pivotal states strategy for each of the nine states.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.