Introduction / Richard N. Haass and Meghan L. O'Sullivan -- The United States and China : tough engagement / Robert Lee Suettinger -- Europe and Iran : critical dialogue / Johannes Reissner -- The United States and Iraq : perils of engagement / Kenneth I. Juster -- The United States and North...

A neoclassical realist interpretation of grand strategy -- U.S. grand strategy in the early phases of the Cold War -- The hardening of alliances in the 1890s -- Power, wealth, and time in the mercantilist period -- Britain's naval scare of 1909 -- Behind the Maginot Line : French grand strategy...

"China is the rising power of the early 21st century. In recent years, its economy has turned into a driving locomotive for the entire Asian continent. Undoubtedly, the country has become an important factor in global politics and economics with a tremendous impact on the political, social and...