Introduction (Robin Niblett).- Part I Deepening Regionalism and the US Response - 1 Latin America: forging partnerships in a transformed region / Victor Bulmer-Thomas - 2 The Middle East: changing from external arbiter to regional player / Claire Spencer - 3 Sub-Saharan Africa: providing strategic vision or fire-fighting? / Alex Vines and Tom Cargill - 4 East Asia: searching for consistency / John Swenson-Wright - 5 South Asia: navigating minefields / Gareth Price - 6 Central Asia: responding to the multi-vectoring game / Annette Bohr - 7 The South Caucasus: drama on three stages / James Nixey - Part II Partners and Competitors - 8 China: between global responsibilities and internal transitions / Kerry Brown - 9 Russia: managing contradictions / James Sherr - 10 Europe: transatlantic relations still drifting / Robin Niblett - Part III Global Challenges - 11 International law and the United Nations: a new era of US engagement / Devika Hovell - 12 Arms control tomorrow: the challenge of nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century / Paul Cornish - 13 The United States and climate change: from process to action / Bernice Lee and Michael Grubb with Felix Preston and Benjamin Zala - 14 The role of the US in the post-crisis economic order / Paola Subacchi - Index