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This paper argues that Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as well as Moscow's attempt to internationalize the conflict, were seen by Washington as an unwelcome situation. However, the Biden administration perceived the attack as a war of power transition and an attempt to over through the rules-based order, making impossible for the US not to intervene. The argument is presented in three parts: the American vision and its role on the international system, the reasons why the US made the right diagnosis of the war on Ukraine, and the European incapability of leading this effort, as well as the importance of the transatlantic ties were critical to the Biden administration's choices.

UID/CPO/04627/2013 ; This article argues that commonality of regime type isnot a sufficient condition for peaceful power transition.Other elements that have deserved very little attentioncan be much more determinant of the outcome, especiallyif we cross levels o analysis. This article advances amodel that is going to apply to the cases of the UnitedStates (as a declining power) and India (as a risingpower). The model and the empirical analysis uncoverthose factors, articulate them and explain why NewDelhi contests important aspects of the American-ledliberal order. Este artigo argumenta que a similaridade do tipo de regime não é o único fator que influência a confluência dos estados em contexto de transição de poder. Pelo contrário, existe um número de elementos pouco estudados até hoje que podem ter uma grande influência em divergências entre estados democráticos, especialmente se as avaliarmos sob o ponto de vista de diversos níveis de análise (normalmente avaliados separadamente). Para isso, o artigo desenvolve um modelo de análise que vai aplicar aos casos dos Estados Unidos e da Índia, explicando, assim, porque é que Nova Deli tem vindo a contestar aspetos fundamentais da ordem internacional norte-americana. ; publishersversion ; published

The direct or indirect use of the democratic peace thesis with power transition theory and the preeminent rise of China among emergent powers led to a systematic disregard of the role of rising democracies in the upcoming international order. This article studies India's case and concludes that rising democracies also challenge the current normative basis of states' relations, in a different way than autocracies. New Delhi's foreign policy in recent years suggests that the theoretical tools are not fully adequate to address these cases. Adapted from the source document.

This article aims to uncover part of Kenneth Waltz forgotten legacy. By asking why the Professor of Columbia University disregarded "democracy" as an important variable to understand relations among states it recovers a book from 1967 -- Foreign Policy and Democratic Politics: the American and British Experience -- where Waltz argues that there are more similarities than differences between liberal and autocratic states. Re-reading this book also allows bridging the gap between Waltz's most famous works (Man, the State and War and Theory of International Politics) contributing to the understanding of the academic path of one of the most brilliant scholars of the 20th century. Adapted from the source document.

This article argues that there is a confluence between the US National Security Strategy & the "Report Albright." Both documents converge in what concern the US sought to have a lesser active role in the international system, & in the idea that if the Alliance's member states accept the proposals of the "Report Albright," NATO will be a fundamental stage to redefine the international order rules, as well as will acquire a pivotal entity role regarding the relations with international organizations & emerging powers. Adapted from the source document.

The generalized perception that the international system is changing due to the emergence of new great powers has been motivating analysts & policy makers to advance new proposals for institutional cooperation among democracies. This article studies two of those proposals -- John McCain's "League of Democracies" & the one of a study group of Princeton University -- and argues that they have very different origins & possible outcomes. Their differences are grounded in two competing conceptions of the United States role as global liberal actor. Adapted from the source document.