Machine generated contents note: -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 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
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"As President Barack Obama attempts to renew America's global leadership, scholars affiliated with Chatham House offer expert perspectives from outside the United States on its ability to continue to play a leading international role. Looking at a range of themes and regions, their analyses provide a challenging basis for rethinking America's international leadership"--