Michael Cox is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Director of LSE IDEAS - the top ranked university affiliated Think Tank in Europe. The author and editor of over 25 books including major studies on E.H .Carr, the end of the Cold War and US Foreign policy, his more recent work has focused on challenging what he thinks are the three myths of our time: the notion that the 21st century will be Asian, the now widespread view that the decline of the United States is inevitable, and the associated belief that we are moving into a post- western world order. Doug Stokes is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for Advanced International Studies and Faculty Director of Post-Graduate Research at the University of Exeter. He specializes in US foreign policy, international security and debates on grand strategy and has published a number of books, journal articles and book chapters in these areas. Professor Stokes has also advised and presented his research to a range of UK government organisations and agencies and is Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a leading defence think tank based in Whitehall.

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• 1: Introduction, Cox and Stokes Part 1: Rethinking America 2: Theories of US foreign policy, Schmidt 3: American Exceptionalism, Deudney and Meiser Part 2: Historical Contexts 4: The US rise to world power 1776-1945, LaFeber 5: The Economic Rise of a Superpower: From Washington to Trump, Cox 6: American foreign policy during the Cold War, Saull 7: America in the 1990s, Dumbrell 8: The 21st century and smart power, Nye Part 3: Institutions and Processes 9: Domestic influences on foreign policy-making, Parmar and Aronica 10: Regional shifts and US foreign policy, Trubowitz 11: Media and US Foreign Policy, Robinson Part 4: The United States and the World 12: US foreign policy in the Middle East, Dodge 13: The USA and the EU, Smith 14: US foreign policy in Russia, Rutland 15: US foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific, Zhang 16: US foreign policy in Latin America, Dunkerley 17: US foreign policy in Africa, Patman Part 5: Key Issues 18: Global terrorism, Rogers 19: Religion, Marsden 20: Gender, Bashevkin 21: Global Environment, Eckersley Part 6: Futures and Scenarios 22: The American Liberal Order: from Creation, Ikenberry to Crisis, Ikenberry 23: Drifting Apart?: The Emerging End of the Transatlantic Partnership, Walt 24: The future of US foreign policy, Lieven 25: US primary or decline?: a debate, Layne, Wohlforth and Brooks

Michael Cox is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Director of LSE IDEAS - the top ranked university affiliated Think Tank in Europe. The author and editor of over 25 books including major studies on E.H .Carr, the end of the Cold War and US Foreign policy, his more recent work has focused on challenging what he thinks are the three myths of our time: the notion that the 21st century will be Asian, the now widespread view that the decline of the United States is inevitable, and the associated belief that we are moving into a post- western world order. Doug Stokes is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for Advanced International Studies and Faculty Director of Post-Graduate Research at the University of Exeter. He specializes in US foreign policy, international security and debates on grand strategy and has published a number of books, journal articles and book chapters in these areas. Professor Stokes has also advised and presented his research to a range of UK government organisations and agencies and is Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a leading defence think tank based in Whitehall.

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• 1: Introduction, Cox and Stokes Part 1: Rethinking America 2: Theories of US foreign policy, Schmidt 3: American Exceptionalism, Deudney and Meiser Part 2: Historical Contexts 4: The US rise to world power 1776-1945, LaFeber 5: The Economic Rise of a Superpower: From Washington to Trump, Cox 6: American foreign policy during the Cold War, Saull 7: America in the 1990s, Dumbrell 8: The 21st century and smart power, Nye Part 3: Institutions and Processes 9: Domestic influences on foreign policy-making, Parmar and Aronica 10: Regional shifts and US foreign policy, Trubowitz 11: Media and US Foreign Policy, Robinson Part 4: The United States and the World 12: US foreign policy in the Middle East, Dodge 13: The USA and the EU, Smith 14: US foreign policy in Russia, Rutland 15: US foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific, Zhang 16: US foreign policy in Latin America, Dunkerley 17: US foreign policy in Africa, Patman Part 5: Key Issues 18: Global terrorism, Rogers 19: Religion, Marsden 20: Gender, Bashevkin 21: Global Environment, Eckersley Part 6: Futures and Scenarios 22: The American Liberal Order: from Creation, Ikenberry to Crisis, Ikenberry 23: Drifting Apart?: The Emerging End of the Transatlantic Partnership, Walt 24: The future of US foreign policy, Lieven 25: US primary or decline?: a debate, Layne, Wohlforth and Brooks

Michael Cox is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Director of LSE IDEAS - the top ranked university affiliated Think Tank in Europe. The author and editor of over 25 books including major studies on E.H .Carr, the end of the Cold War and US Foreign policy, his more recent work has focused on challenging what he thinks are the three myths of our time: the notion that the 21st century will be Asian, the now widespread view that the decline of the United States is inevitable, and the associated belief that we are moving into a post- western world order. Doug Stokes is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for Advanced International Studies and Faculty Director of Post-Graduate Research at the University of Exeter. He specializes in US foreign policy, international security and debates on grand strategy and has published a number of books, journal articles and book chapters in these areas. Professor Stokes has also advised and presented his research to a range of UK government organisations and agencies and is Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a leading defence think tank based in Whitehall.

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• 1: Introduction, Cox and Stokes Part 1: Rethinking America 2: Theories of US foreign policy, Schmidt 3: American Exceptionalism, Deudney and Meiser Part 2: Historical Contexts 4: The US rise to world power 1776-1945, LaFeber 5: The Economic Rise of a Superpower: From Washington to Trump, Cox 6: American foreign policy during the Cold War, Saull 7: America in the 1990s, Dumbrell 8: The 21st century and smart power, Nye Part 3: Institutions and Processes 9: Domestic influences on foreign policy-making, Parmar and Aronica 10: Regional shifts and US foreign policy, Trubowitz 11: Media and US Foreign Policy, Robinson Part 4: The United States and the World 12: US foreign policy in the Middle East, Dodge 13: The USA and the EU, Smith 14: US foreign policy in Russia, Rutland 15: US foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific, Zhang 16: US foreign policy in Latin America, Dunkerley 17: US foreign policy in Africa, Patman Part 5: Key Issues 18: Global terrorism, Rogers 19: Religion, Marsden 20: Gender, Bashevkin 21: Global Environment, Eckersley Part 6: Futures and Scenarios 22: The American Liberal Order: from Creation, Ikenberry to Crisis, Ikenberry 23: Drifting Apart?: The Emerging End of the Transatlantic Partnership, Walt 24: The future of US foreign policy, Lieven 25: US primary or decline?: a debate, Layne, Wohlforth and Brooks