EHSAN M. AHRARI Defense Consultant specializing in geostrategic affairs of the great powers. With over 17 years teaching and research experience in senior professional U.S. military institutions, he has consulted with CENTCOM and PACOM as a specialist in their Command 'areas of responsibility'. He has published a dozen books and hundreds of essays.

"Ehsan Ahrari has written a brilliant and insightful work that details the emerging, complex world of changing power bases. He artfully proposes a course for navigating this challenging new world that our political leaders should consider. The Great Powers versus the Hegemon is a must read for those who want to understand the new world order that is upon us." General Anthony C. Zinni USMC (Retired), Former Commander U.S. CENTCOM 'Ehsan Ahrari has done a superb job in this book, providing a realistic and stark picture of how the global economic crisis affects great power relations in the first decade of the 21st Century. This is an excellent book to focus the minds of strategic thinkers and policy makers on the security climate they face.' Larry M. Wortzel, Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

• Introduction and a Framework for Analysis The Proto-Peer Competitor and the Hegemon The Dynamics of Russian-American Ties The Elephant and the Eagle: The Ups and Downs of a Cooperative Relationship and Soft Balancing Competitive and Cooperative Relationships of the Great Powers The Hegemon's Maneuvers Conclusion: Future Maneuvers of the Great Powers