Part I. Mechanisms of Accommodation: 1. The accommodation of rising powers in world politics T. V. Paul; 2. Realism, balance of power, and power transitions Steven E. Lobell; 3. Globalization, interdependence, and major power accommodation Philip Potter; 4. What would E. H. Carr say? How international institutions address peaceful political change Krzysztof J. Pelc; 5. The responsibility to accommodate: ideas and change Mlada Bukovansky; Part II. Historical Cases: 6. Seizing the day or passing the baton? Power, illusion, and the British Empire Ali Zeren and John A. Hall; 7. The US accommodation of communist China Lorenz M. Lüthi; 8. Accommodation and containment: Great Britain and Germany prior to the two world wars Martin Claar and Norrin M. Ripsman; 9. Did the US and the Allies fail to accommodate Japan in the 1920s and the 1930s? Jeffrey W. Taliaferro; Part III. Contemporary Cases: 10. China's bargaining strategies for a peaceful accommodation after the Cold War Kai He; 11. Partial accommodation without conflict: India as a rising link power Aseema Sinha; 12. Brazil: revising the status quo with soft power? David R. Mares; 13. Prospects for the accommodation of a resurgent Russia Nicola Contessi; Part IV. Conclusions: 14. Great power accommodation and the processes of international politics Theodore McLauchlin.
Addresses how to accommodate and integrate rising powers peacefully into the international order in the nuclear and globalized age.
T. V. Paul is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University. He is the author or editor of 16 books and over 60 scholarly articles and book chapters in the fields of international relations, international security, and South Asia, including International Relations Theory and Regional Transformation (Cambridge, 2012) and Asymmetric Conflicts: War Initiation by Weaker Powers (Cambridge, 1994).
'This volume takes on an important and timely topic: how should the
world manage interstate power shifts in the interest of keeping
peace and stability? The contributing authors study both past and
current encounters between established and rising powers. They
offer valuable insights for scholars and officials alike.' Steve
Chan, College Professor of Distinction, University of Colorado,
Boulder
'In a moment of transition and change, this timely collection takes
stock of what theory and history tell us about peaceful and violent
power transitions. Sensitive to the distinctive conditions of
contemporary world politics and relying on first-rate essays by his
distinguished colleagues, T. V. Paul comes down sensibly on both
sides of Hegel - this owl of Minerva also flies in the twilight.'
Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter Jr, Professor of
International Studies, Cornell University, New York
'T. V. Paul and his co-authors re-examine the conditions for
peaceful international change in this sweeping set of theoretical
and empirical studies. Including historical as well as contemporary
cases, Accommodating Rising Powers illuminates the successful and
unsuccessful strategies pursued by rising and incumbent powers as
they bargain over the future global order.' Miles Kahler,
Distinguished Professor, School of International Service, American
University and Senior Fellow for Global Governance, Council on
Foreign Relations
'Perceptions of global power shifts have an immediacy that few
other international relations issues have, because rising powers
have historically posed a threat to international stability and a
risk of conflict and war. They also challenge international
theorists. The 14-essay volume edited by Paul addresses the
challenge in terms of policies that could accommodate rising powers
… The essays are very well footnoted. [This] book is strongly
recommended for university students and scholars.' R. P. Peters,
Choice
'In his impressive collection, Paul leads an interdisciplinary
group of scholars in exploring how rising powers and more
established rivals have dealt with this dilemma in the past. The
book makes clear that long-term shifts in power among states do
foment insecurity and conflict, but diplomacy and steady strategies
of reciprocity and self-restraint can bring countries back from the
brink of war.' G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs
'This is, then, a thought-provoking book that addresses theoretical
and practical problems of pressing concern. It fits with the
general movement in the study of International Relations away from
structural theories and towards mid-range theorising about
diplomatic practice. As such, it is a welcome and important
volume.' Ian Hall, International Affairs
'Accommodating Rising Powers is a worthy read that is one of the
best, if not the only elaboration on the concept of accommodation
in IR.' Hakan Mehmetcik, E-International Relations (www.e-ir.info)
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