The Roles of the United States, Russia and China in the New World Order

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In the name of peace, international cooperation, democracy, trade and human rights, the struggle for power is underway between the United States, Russia and China. This struggle is motivated by the natural clash of national interests, an almost preordained process in the contemporary state system. The struggle for power has been the dynamic element of history, and it is likely to be in the future. International war(s) may or may not ensue between the three major powers, but their relations will remain competitive, and at times quite hostile. Read more... Abstract: In the name of peace, international cooperation, democracy, trade and human rights, the struggle for power is underway between the United States, Russia and China. This struggle is motivated by the natural clash of national interests, an almost preordained process in the contemporary state system. The struggle for power has been the dynamic element of history, and it is likely to be in the future. International war(s) may or may not ensue between the three major powers, but their relations will remain competitive, and at times quite hostile Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Roles of the United States, Russia, and China in the New World Order: An Introduction (Hafeez Malik)....Pages 1-28 A New World Order in Eurasia? Ideology and Geopolitics (Graham E. Fuller)....Pages 29-43 ‘New World Order’ and Russian-American Relations (Henry Trofimenko)....Pages 44-66 The Far East Ménage à Trois: Geoeconomic and Geopolitical Relations among Japan, China, and the United States (William R. Nester)....Pages 67-103 Indo-Russian Relations in the Post-Cold War Era (Maya Chadda)....Pages 104-121 Russian Domestic Politics, Military Power, and the Eurasian State System (Robert V. Barylski)....Pages 122-158 Russia and Its Central Asian ‘Near-Abroad’: Towards a Doctrine for the Periphery (Mohiaddin Mesbahi)....Pages 159-190 Russia-Tatarstan Relations: Dilemmas of National Self-Determination and Territorial Unity (Hafeez Malik)....Pages 191-220 Russo-Chinese Detente and the Emerging New World Order (Richard C. Thornton)....Pages 221-237 Turkestan or Xinjiang? Inducements and Constraints for Political Action (Eden Naby)....Pages 238-258 Problems of Self-Determination in Tibet (A. Tom Grunfeld)....Pages 259-276 China’s Changing Relations with Southeast, South, and Central Asia (Ross H. Munro)....Pages 277-299 Is China a Model of Economic Success? (Jan S. Prybyla)....Pages 300-325 Back Matter ....Pages 327-333