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Rising Powers
Great Decisions 2009 | Topic 1
Since the end of the cold war, the U.S. has emerged as the world's predominant power. However, in the 21st century some rapidly developing countries have become increasingly influential. Who are these rising powers? Will their emergence change the global balance of power? How will the U.S. react?
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Great Decisions 2010 Fall Updates: U.S.-China security relations
Fall 2010 Updates provide up-to-date news about Great Decisions 2010 articles.
Testing the waters
America and China have shown growing signs of friction over their competing security presence around the trade-clogged shores of Asia.
Intensifying China-Pakistan Ties
In an interview with the Council on Foreign Relations, Andrew Small talks about Pakistan's close economic and military relationship with China, and its implications for both countries, as well as for the United States and India.
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Great Decisions 2009 Fall Quiz - Rising Powers
Test your knowledge of recent news on Rising Powers by taking a quiz based on the Great Decisions 2009 Fall Updates!
Great Decisions 2009 Spring Quiz Series - Rising Powers
Online topic quizzes are an ideal test of readers' knowledge of the Great Decisions 2009 articles and Spring Updates.
Great Decisions 2009 Winter Quiz Series - The U.S. and Rising Powers
Online topic quizzes are an ideal test of readers' knowledge of the Great Decisions 2009 articles.
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UNA-USA - Global Classrooms
Global Classrooms is an innovative educational program with the Model United Nations program at its core. Global Classrooms is distinguished by its robust curriculum and teacher and student resources that develop critical thinking, conflict resolution and communication skills for middle and high school students. Global Classrooms cultivates literacy, life skills and the attitudes necessary for active citizenship.
Foreign Affairs Student Writing Contest 2010
In the inaugural Foreign Affairs Essay Contest, a panel from the Foreign Affairs editorial staff will select one winning essay from submissions from undergraduate students. The winning essay will be published on the Foreign Affairs Web site and the winner will receive a $500 prize. Five honorable mentions will receive a free year-long subscription to Foreign Affairs.
The U.S. Role in a Changing World
The Choices Program offers a revised lesson plan for "The U.S. Role in a Changing World" to engage students in consideration of the range of issues on the U.S. agenda. The updated curriculum unit devotes additional attention to U.S. military security since the Cold War.
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China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know
China is constantly in the news, yet conflicting impressions abound. Within one generation, China has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse. In his new book, Jeffrey Wasserstrom provides cogent answers to the most urgent questions regarding the newest superpower and offers a framework for understanding its meteoric rise.
Wasserstrom reveals that China today shares many traits with other industrialized nations during their periods of development, in particular the United States during its rapid industrialization in the 19th century. Finally, he provides guidance on the ways we can expect China to act in the future vis-à-vis the United States, Russia, India, and its East Asian neighbors.
The Beijing Consensus: How China's Authoritarian Model Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century
In The China Consensus, Stefan Halper Takes us on a whirlwind tour of China in the world—from dictators in Africa to oligarchs in Southeast Asia to South American strongmen— to demonstrate that China's illiberal vision is rapidly replacing that of the so-called Washington Consensus. Instead of promoting democracy through economic aid, as does the West, China offers no-strings-attached gifts and loans, a policy designed to build a new Beijing Consensus.
China: Fragile Superpower
Once a sleeping giant, China today is the world's fastest growing economy--the leading manufacturer of cell phones, laptop computers, and digital cameras--a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. But in China: Fragile Superpower, Susan L. Shirk opens up the black box of Chinese politics and finds that the real danger lies elsewhere--not in China's astonishing growth, but in the deep insecurity of its leaders. China's leaders face a troubling paradox: the more developed and prosperous the country becomes, the more insecure and threatened they feel.
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Great Decisions 2009
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