Prologue: Soviet Collapse and the Rise of China -- 1. Breaking the Contemporary Impasse -- 2. The Failure to Reach US-Soviet, US-Russian Accords -- 3. The Reactivation of Containment -- 4. Ramifications of the August 2008 Georgia-Russia War -- 5. Missile Defences in the Euro-Atlantic, 'Wider Middle East' and Indo-Pacific -- 6. The Perils of the US 'Pivot' to Asia -- 7. Surmounting the Geostrategic Dimensions of the Transatlantic Financial Crisis -- 8. Toward a New Europe and World-Wide System of Regional Peace and Development Communities
Summary
"Combined with the US pivot to Asia, NATO enlargement could press Russia and a rising China into a tighter alliance--but with Russia playing the role of a junior partner. This book argues for bringing Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey into a new Euro-Atlantic confederation, not only in order to draw Moscow away from forging a closer military relationship with Beijing but also to help revitalize a Europe in crisis. Concurrently, Washington and Moscow need to work together to prevent disputes between North and South Korea, Japan, and China, as well as between Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Iran from exploding into a major power war"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-253) and index
