Power & responsibility : building international order in an era of transnational threats / Bruce Jones, Carlos Pascual, and Stephen John Stedman.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index.

"Makes the case for forming new international partnerships and revitalizing instruments of cooperation to address global challenges that post-WWII multilateral security systems cannot. Establishes a new conceptual foundation for international security: 'responsible sovereignty,' which entails obligations and duties and attitudinal changes toward other states as well one's own"--Provided by publisher.

Foreword / Javier Solana -- Foreword / Brent Scowcroft -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Power -- Sovereignty's last best chance -- Interests and order : the United States and the major and rising powers -- Power and institutions : an effective international architecture for responsible sovereignty -- Part II. Responsibility -- Arresting climate change -- The second nuclear age -- Security in the biological century -- Managing civil violence and regional conflict -- Combating transnational terrorism -- Strengthening the pillars of economic security -- Part III. Order -- The hardest case : the broader Middle East -- Urgency and choice -- Notes -- Index.