Though much has been written in the last decade on “rising powers,” especially Brazil, Russia, India, and China—the BRICs, this book aims to stand out from the crowd by bringing together scholars who work on emerging powers together with scholars who write on the perspective of established powers.
The book opens with three chapters on the established powers. In chapter 2, Norma C. Noonan writes on the global leadership of the United States, providing a brief overview of U.S. relations with China, Russia, the European Union, Japan, India, and Brazil. In chapter 3, Mary Troy Johnston argues that Europe is best thought of as an emerging power itself, echoing Andrew Moravcsik's argument from a similarly themed edited volume, Rising States, Rising Institutions (Brookings Institution Press, 2010). In chapter 4, David Fouse argues that China's growing power has pushed Japan toward a more realistic foreign policy, which aims to strengthen ties...
