Debating a Post-American World ─ What Lies Ahead?

Part of a series on emerging security threats both active and infrastructural, this collection of forty-seven essays on American power examines changes to the nature of US influence in world politics and economics and explores the potential global impacts of a weakened "superpower." The essays are divided thematically and address topics such as America's role in world politics; the post-American world and US foreign policy; the rising fortunes of China, India, and others; war and peace in the post-American world; global governance; free trade in the post-American century; and energy and environmental global policy leaders. Individual chapters apply a variety of disciplinary lenses and several include data sets and tables as well as copious notes and references. Contributors are academics in history, international affairs, political science, and related fields from Canadian, American, and European institutions. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Sean Clark and Sabrina Hoque are PhD candidates in International Relations and Doctoral Fellows at the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University.