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Introduction: the purpose of alliances; the end of the Cold War and the changing nature of alliances -- Management-of-power -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- The United States-Japan alliance -- The United States-South Korea alliance -- The Australia-New Zealand-United States alliance

"The end of the Cold War and subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union resulted in a new unipolar international system that presented fresh challenges to international relations theory. Since the Enlightenment, scholars have speculated that patterns of cooperation and conflict might be systematically related to the manner in which power is distributed among states. Most of what we know about this relationship, however, is based on European experiences between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, when five or more powerful states dominated international relations, and the latter twentieth century, when two superpowers did so. Building on a highly successful special issue of the leading journal World Politics, this book seeks to determine whether what we think we know about power and patterns of state behaviour applies to the current 'unipolar' setting and, if not, how core theoretical propositions about interstate interactions need to be revised"--

Introduction -- Understanding transformational change and democracy promotion -- The Rise: The emergence of democracy in policy-making -- The Fall: An end to unipolarity and the rejection of democracy promotion -- Conclusion: The end of democracy promotion is nigh.

From Berlin to Baghdad : the second generation and the new world order -- The neoconservatives and Clintonism, 1993-95 -- The neoconservative-led network : -- "Time for an insurrection" : from the Dole campaign to the project for the new American century -- Iraq -- Filling in the "unknowns" : national missile defense and the Rumsfeld Commission -- Kosovo -- China : the limits of "unipolarity" -- Election 2000 -- The unipolarists in power

Introduction -- The impact of the Cold War on the Asia-Pacific -- From unipolarity to uncertainty: 1991-2018 -- The United States and the post-Cold War transformation -- China: the ascent to global economic, political and military influence -- Japan: re-emergence after a long decline -- DPRK and ROK: issues of identity -- Democratization and the evolution of Taiwan -- Southeast Asia: America's relative decline and China's rise -- Conclusion: looking ahead.

Introduction -- 1. The European system and pre-state Lebanon -- The European connection and change to Christian emirate -- The concert of Europe and change to Kaymakamate -- Franco-British polarisation and the change to Mutesarrifate -- 2. The fall of the Ottoman Empire and the first republic -- World War I and greater Lebanon -- World War II and independence -- Bipolarity and status-quo Lebanon -- Containment and the 1958 crisis -- Détente and the 1975 war -- Unipolarity and the 'second republic' -- The 'new world order' and the Syrian mandate -- 11 September and the restoration of political autonomy -- Conclusion

"Canadian Foreign Policy in a Unipolar World examines the theoretical and practical realities of a unipolar world--a system in which a single power is disproportionally dominant and influential--and asks how it affects Canadian foreign policy. Taking this model of unipolarity as their starting point, editors Christopher Kirkey and Michael Hawes, along with 17 other contributors and esteemed scholars, cover such fascinating topics as Homeland Security, Canadian development policies, and geo-engineering. Each chapter of this contemporary volume provides students with Learning Objectives and Suggested Further Resources to ensure that they can successfully navigate the various debates, and Study Questions to encourage their direct critical engagement with the material."--