The roles of the United States, Russia, and China in the new world order / edited by Hafeez Malik.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Roles of the United States, Russia, and China in the New World Order: An Introduction / Hafeez Malik -- 2. A New World Order in Eurasia? Ideology and Geopolitics / Graham E. Fuller -- 3. 'New World Order' and Russian-American Relations / Henry Trofimenko -- 4. The Far East Menage a Trois: Geoeconomic and Geopolitical Relations among Japan, China, and the United States / William R. Nester -- 5. Indo-Russian Relations in the Post-Cold War Era / Maya Chadda -- 6. Russian Domestic Politics, Military Power, and the Eurasian State System / Robert V. Barylski -- 7. Russia and Its Central Asian 'Near-Abroad': Towards a Doctrine for the Periphery / Mohiaddin Mesbahi -- 8. Russia-Tatarstan Relations: Dilemmas of National Self-Determination and Territorial Unity / Hafeez Malik -- 9. Russo-Chinese Detente and the Emerging New World Order / Richard C. Thornton -- 10. Turkestan or Xinjiang? Inducements and Constraints for Political Action / Eden Naby --

11. Problems of Self-Determination in Tibet / A. Tom Grunfeld -- 12. China's Changing Relations with Southeast, South, and Central Asia / Ross H. Munro -- 13. Is China a Model of Economic Success? / Jan S. Prybyla.

This book is the result of the collective endeavours of thirteen scholars and maintains that in the name of peace, international cooperation, democracy, trade and human rights, the struggle for power is under way between the United States, Russia and China. This struggle is motivated by the natural clash of national interests, an almost preordained process in the contemporary state system. The struggle for power has been the dynamic element of history, and is likely to remain so in the future.

International war may or may not ensue between the three major powers, but their relations will remain competitive, and at times quite hostile.