Power, national security, and transformational global events : challenges confronting America, China, and Iran / edited by Thomas A. Johnson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Power shifts and transformational global events / Thomas A. Johnson -- The 2008 great recession's impact on globalization / Thomas A. Johnson -- Key resource drivers in transformational global events / Thomas A. Johnson -- The Arab revolutions of 2011 / Andrew J. Budka -- Rapprochement with Iran / Marsh E. Burfeindt -- China: economic intimidation and runaway corruption / Julie Lowrie -- The information revolution: the emergence of cyber power / Charles S. Preston -- Challenges confronting the global transition of power / Thomas A. Johnson.

As the United States struggled to survive the recent recession, China quietly acquired a vast amount of U.S. Treasury bills and bonds. With China now holding so much of America's debt, currency valuation issues have already caused tensions between the two superpowers. Couple this with Iran's efforts to develop into a nuclear power in an area that lacks political stability, and the United States and China could soon find themselves in a global power tug-of-war. Power, National Security, and Transformational Global Events: Challenges Confronting America, China, and Iran explores the shifts in power that have initiated major transformational events around the world. Expert contributors identify the major challenges that now confront America as a result of these transformations. Filled with authoritative insights into how current and emerging situations will impact the United States, the book illustrates the policy problems and limited choices facing America.