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OverviewThe post-World War II fabric of global security simply does not meet the needs of today’s world. Built for a different age, different threats, and a different balance of power, the current multilateral security system is ill-equipped to address today’s most pressing global challenges. This book makes a compelling case for forming new international partnerships and revitalizing instruments of cooperation. Power and Responsibility establishes a new conceptual foundation for international security: “responsible sovereignty,” or the notion that sovereignty entails obligations and duties toward other states as well one’s own. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bruce D. Jones , Carlos Pascual , Stephen John StedmanPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Brookings Institution Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.676kg ISBN: 9780815747062ISBN 10: 0815747063 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 30 January 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThe aim of this project is ambitious and urgent: to launch a new reform effort for the global security system in 2009. For the global system is in serious trouble. It is simply not capable of solving the challenges of today. You know the list: terrorism, nuclear proliferation, climate change, pandemics, failing states....None can be solved by a single government acting alone. -- Javier Solana What are the right kinds of institutions to order a globalized world, where transnational forces that have stitched the world together can also tear it apart ? This question is addressed with notable range and sophistication in this collaborative work by three individuals with significant research and frontline experience in the area of global policy-making. -- Ethics & International Affairs What is most innovative is the book's institutional agenda, which comes out of extensive consultations with officials and experts worldwide. This is one of the best efforts yet to provide a coherent synthesis of the security-interdependence worldview. --John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs Power and Responsibility analyzes the threats that surround us, but does not yield to the temptation to despair. It rightly points out that in a world of problems without passports, our security and prosperity depend on unprecedented international cooperation, and that such cooperation is within our reach. By accepting that sovereignty incurs responsibilities and by strengthening international institutions, governments can create an international order in which all can be safe and thrive. This book makes a compelling argument for such an approach. --Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of United Nations The vision, ideas, and solutions the authors put forward in this book have the potential to redeem American foreign policy. -- --from the Foreword by Brent Scowcroft I salute Power and Responsibility for undertaking the challenging endeavor of strengthening and improving our current means of international cooperation. This book sets a platform from which to take forward the vital agenda of restoring American leadership and creating a more effective international system. --Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State Offers timely, relevant, and responsible advice on America's future foreign policy. The authors address our need to strengthen our alliances and forge relationships based on common interests. --Chuck Hagel, former U.S. Senator (R.-Neb.) An essential guide to the critical decisions we must make to create a world where all people are secure and can prosper. The authors persuasively argue that in this age of transnational threats, we are compelled to think anew about the nature of power and the role of responsibility. And they challenge us to 'use the urgency of looming existential security challenges to prompt global action before their worst consequences are felt.' --William J. Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Power and Responsibility is that rare book that combines a major conceptual breakthrough with relevant and practical policy prescriptions. Scholars, policymakers, and all practitioners of statecraft should take heed. --Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University What are the right kinds of institutions to order a globalized world, where transnational forces that have stitched the world together can also tear it apart ? This question is addressed with notable range and sophistication in this collaborative work by three individuals with significant research and frontline experience in the area of global policy-making. - Ethics & International Affairs | What is most innovative is the book's institutional agenda, which comes out of extensive consultations with officials and experts worldwide. This is one of the best efforts yet to provide a coherent synthesis of the security-interdependence worldview. -John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs | Power and Responsibility analyzes the threats that surround us, but does not yield to the temptation to despair. It rightly points out that in a world of problems without passports, our security and prosperity depend on unprecedented international cooperation, and that such cooperation is within our reach. By accepting that sovereignty incurs responsibilities and by strengthening international institutions, governments can create an international order in which all can be safe and thrive. This book makes a compelling argument for such an approach. -Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of United Nations | The vision, ideas, and solutions the authors put forward in this book have the potential to redeem American foreign policy. -from the Foreword by Brent Scowcroft | I salute Power and Responsibility for undertaking the challenging endeavor of strengthening and improving our current means of international cooperation. This book sets a platform from which to take forward the vital agenda of restoring American leadership and creating a more effective international system. -Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State | Offers timely, relevant, and responsible advice on America's future foreign policy. The authors address our need to strengthen our alliances and forge relationships based on common interests. -Chuck Hagel, former U.S. Senator (R.-Neb.) | An essential guide to the critical decisions we must make to create a world where all people are secure and can prosper. The authors persuasively argue that in this age of transnational threats, we are compelled to think anew about the nature of power and the role of responsibility. And they challenge us to 'use the urgency of looming existential security challenges to prompt global action before their worst consequences are felt.' -William J. Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense | Power and Responsibility is that rare book that combines a major conceptual breakthrough with relevant and practical policy prescriptions. Scholars, policymakers, and all practitioners of statecraft should take heed. -Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University Author InformationBruce Jones is director of the Managing Global Insecurity initiative, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and director of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University. Carlos Pascual is the United States ambassador to Mexico and former vice president and director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. Stephen John Stedman is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former assistant secretary general and special adviser to the secretary general of the United Nations. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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