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Though the United States remains atop the world's power hierarchy, it is becoming less dominant, both because of the rise of new power centers and because the problems are becoming larger. The United States now must function in a world of relatively greater power equality and ever-larger problems springing from interdependence. The United States and China now have to look each other straight in the eyes, with the core of their relationship resting on the strategic foundation of stabilization-stabilization of the global economy, global ecosystem, and global security. This essay makes several additional points: (1) China has made some wise domestic and foreign economic policy decisions in the context of the great economic downturn of 2007-2009 that probably will increase the PRC's relative capacities coming out of the downturn; (2) US-China relations are more fundamentally sound than they have ever been before. Both nations' leaders should seize this opportunity to recast their relationship as partners in the effort to build coalitions to address the global system's most pressing challenges; and (3), even with a relatively sound strategic foundation for bilateral relations, when one moves from the general to the specific in important policy domains, it will be exceedingly difficult for Beijing and Washington to reach agreements on how to proceed on many key issues. (J Contemp China/GIGA)

Almost four decades have passed since the Argentina-Brazil balance of power gave way to a Brazilian uncontested primacy in the Southern Cone. The peaceful and cooperative nature of this regional power transition poses an interesting puzzle for structural theories and those concerned with the US-China transition. Why do certain countries accept accommodation more leniently, like Argentina did? I offer an explanatory model and use process tracing to show that key cooperative turns in this bilateral relationship—during the late 1970s and early 1990s—required concurrent structural changes, both at the international and domestic levels. My conclusions suggest, against the prevalent narrative, that cooperation between Argentina and Brazil was not a product of democracy. Instead, peaceful power transitions take place when the costs of confrontation are high and social coalitions are largely redefined in the declining state.

Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Setting the Stage -- Research Design and Road Map -- Variables: Explanandum and Explanans -- Overview -- Notes -- Chapter 2: FPDM: Agents, Structures, and Status -- Introduction -- The Agency and Structure Debate -- The Theoretical Debate: Neorealism, Constructivism, and FPA -- Can the Agency-Structure Puzzle Be Resolved? -- Perception and Status -- The Domestic-International Scope: A Theoretical Challenge -- FPDM: The Individual and Situational Context -- Notes

Opening and Closing Ceremonies -- Opening Address -- Keynote Address -- "Direction of the Civilized Societies of Today Viewed on the Basis of Anomie Indexes" -- Closing Address -- Memorial Lectures -- "Japanese and American Societies in the 1980s" -- "Recent Trends in U.S. Trade and Investment" -- "New Bases of Social and Institutional Conflict" -- "Turning Points of Civilization and the Role of Japan Today" -- Session I -- "The Reconstruction of the World Economic Order" -- "International Political Order" -- Questions and Answers -- Session II -- "The Future of the International Economy" -- "Scenarios for the 21st Century and Reconstruction of the International Order—The Economic Aspect " -- "New Challenges to Advanced Economies" -- Questions and Answers -- Session III -- "Social Structure of Developed Societies—Review of the Government's Role" -- "The Social Structure of Advanced Societies and the Role of the Government—Experiences and Problems of Japan" -- Questions and Answers -- Session IV -- "The Self-Destruction of Affluence" -- "The Need for Positive Adjustment Policies in the 1980s" -- "Economic Growth and Social Welfare Policy in the 1980s" -- Questions and Answers -- Session V -- "The Slow Rate of Technical Change" -- "Technological Advances and Economic Progress: Short-Run and Long-Run Adjustments" -- "Future Trend of Technological Research and Development and Its Potential Impact on Society" -- Questions and Answers -- Session VI -- "Toward an Organismic Society" -- "Fundamental Causes of Difficulties in Contemporary World" -- Questions and Answers -- Outline of Symposium.

This new Handbook is a comprehensive examination of the rich and complex issues of nuclear proliferation in the early 21st century. The future of the decades-long effort to prevent the further spread of weapons of mass destruction is at a crossroads today. If international nonproliferation efforts are to be successful, an integrated, multi-tiered response will almost certainly be necessary. A serious, thorough, and clear-eyed examination of the range of threats, challenges, and opportunities facing the international community is a necessary first step. This Handbook, which presents the most up.

This volume commends itself to the reader to provoke thought about what governments and international organizations ought to do when faced with the responsibilities of a given peace operation. Equally important, it suggests what we as citizens in the world community ought to demand of our governments and that community in the current world disorder. The intent is to help decision-makers, policy makers, opinion-makers and students understand the nature of the problem that is likely to provide the greatest challenge to international security management into the next century.