The Euro-Atlantic System in a Multipolar World: A Forecast

Abstract

Intro -- Introduction (Józef M. Fiszer) -- Chapter 1. The Euro-Atlantic System Today and its Prospects in the New Global Order -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Evolution of the Euro-Atlantic system at the turn of the XX and XXI centuries -- 1.3. Shaping the multi-polar world order - determinants, opportunities and threats -- 1.4. The Future of the Euro-Atlantic System in the Multi-polar World -- 1.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 2. Rising Powers, Global Governance and the New International Order - Challenges for the European Union and the United States -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Quantifying the new international order -- 2.3. Heterogeneous and defensive alliance of the rising powers -- 2.4. Rising Powers and the Global Governance Architecture -- 2.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 3. The European Union and the United States in the process of shaping a new architecture of global governance in a transatlantic perspective -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Transatlantic relations and the new architecture of world order -- 3.3. Conclusion -- -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. China and Asia-Pacific - a double challenge -- 4.2.1.The change in economic and military balance of power -- 4.2.2. Rising risk of conflict in the region -- 4.3. China as a geo-economic competitor -- 4.3.1.China as a technological superpower? -- 4.3.2.China as global power -- 4.4. The tasks of the West -- 4.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Differentiated Integration in the European Union and its Prospects in the Context of Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policies -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. What is the nature of differentiation in the European Union? -- 5.3. Typologies of internal and external differentiation -- 5.4. Differentiated integration as an opportunity for stalled enlargement and neighbourhood policies -- 5.4.1. Is flexible membership acceptable to candidate and neighbouring states?.