Cambridge University PressEdition: Illustrated, 3/10/2016EAN 9781107134041, ISBN10: 1107134048Hardcover, 335 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cmLanguage: EnglishAs the world enters the third decade of the twenty-first century, far-reaching changes are likely to occur. China, Russia, India, and Brazil, and perhaps others, are likely to emerge as contenders for global leadership roles. War as a system-changing mechanism is unimaginable, given that it would escalate into nuclear conflict and the destruction of the planet. It is therefore essential that policymakers in established as well as rising states devise strategies to allow transitions without resorting to war, but dominant theories of International Relations contend that major changes in the system are generally possible only through violent conflict. This volume asks whether peaceful accommodation of rising powers is possible in the changed international context, especially against the backdrop of intensified globalization. With the aid of historic cases, it argues that peaceful change is possible through effective long-term strategies on the part of both status quo and rising powers.Part I. Mechanisms of Accommodation1. The accommodation of rising powers in world politics T. V. Paul2. Realism, balance of power, and power transitions Steven E. Lobell3. Globalization, interdependence, and major power accommodation Philip Potter4. What would E. H. Carr say? How international institutions address peaceful political change Krzysztof J. Pelc5. The responsibility to accommodateideas and change Mlada BukovanskyPart II. Historical Cases6. Seizing the day or passing the baton? Power, illusion, and the British Empire Ali Zeren and John A. Hall7. The US accommodation of communist China Lorenz M. Lüthi8. Accommodation and containmentGreat Britain and Germany prior to the two world wars Martin Claar and Norrin M. Ripsman9. Did the US and the Allies fail to accommodate Japan in the 1920s and the 1930s? Jeffrey W. TaliaferroPart III. Contemporary Cases10. China's bargaining strategies for a peaceful accommodation after the Cold War Kai He11. Partial accommodation without conflictIndia as a rising link power Aseema Sinha12. Brazilrevising the status quo with soft power? David R. Mares13. Prospects for the accommodation of a resurgent Russia Nicola ContessiPart IV. Conclusions14. Great power accommodation and the processes of international politics Theodore McLauchlin.
