Emerging Powers in a Comparative Perspective

Norma C. Noonan is Professor of Political Science, and Director, M.A. in Leadership Studies and Center for Leadership Studies, Augsburg College, USA. Her areas of interest include Russia, Russian foreign policy, political leadership, women and leadership. She has published numerous articles and a book, Women in Russian Politics and Society, for which she was a major contributor and co-editor, with Greenwood Press.Vidya Nadkarni is Professor of Political Science at the University of San Diego, USA. Her teaching and research interests revolve around the foreign policies of India, Russia, and the United States. She has published in the journals Comparative Strategy and The Naval War College Review and has contributed chapters to several edited books. Her most recent book is Strategic Partnerships in Asia: Balancing without Alliances (Routledge, 2010).

[This book] should be commended for offering provocative insights into the United States' future and the BRIC countries' possible responses ... [A] highly readable and informative addition to the literature ... [and] a useful text for a course on comparative studies of great powers.

• ContentsContributors List of Abbreviations 1 IntroductionVidya Nadkarni 2 The Global Leadership of the USA and the Emerging PowersNorma C. Noonan 3 Europe: Global Power in the MakingMary Troy Johnston 4 Japan and the Emerging Powers: Toward Middle PowerRealism?David Fouse 5 China: A Reluctant Global Power in the Search for itsRightful PlaceSuisheng Zhao 6 India—An Aspiring Global PowerVidya Nadkarni 7 Russia in the New Distribution of PowerTatiana Shakleina viii Contents8 Brazil as an Emerging Power in the Twenty-first CenturyJoao Augusto de Castro Neves 9 Conclusion: Global Leadership in the Twenty-first CenturyVidya Nadkarni and Norma C. Noonan Glossary Index