The New World Order: Opposing Viewpoints is a book in the Opposing Viewpoints series

Opposing Viewpoints series

The Opposing Viewpoints series is a series of books on current issues which seeks to explore the varying opinions in a balanced pros/cons debate...

. It presents selections of contrasting viewpoints on five central questions about the new world order: what it will be; what role the U.S. will play in it; what role economics

Economics

Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

 will play in it; how the end of the Cold War

Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...

 will affect the world; and what role international organizations (such as the UN and NATO) will play in it. It was edited by Matthew Polesetsky, with assistance from William Dudley

William Dudley

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.

It was published by Greenhaven Press

Greenhaven Press

Greenhaven Press has been an imprint of Gale since 2000. Greenhaven primarily publishes books on social issues for middle school and high school students, and is best known for its Opposing Viewpoints series...

 (San Diego) in 1991 as a 261-page hardcover (ISBN 0-89908-183-5) and paperback (ISBN 0-89908-158-4).

Contents

Chapter	Viewpoint	Author	Notes
Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints?
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Will the New World Order Be?	1. The U.S. Will Remain the Leading World Power	Alfred Balk Alfred Balk Alfred Balk was an American magazine writer/editor and journalist-book author, dedicated to media-improvement activities....	Excerpt from The Myth of American Eclipse: The New Global Age (Transaction Publishers Transaction Publishers Transaction Publishers is a New Jersey-based publishing house that specializes in social sciences books. Some of its books have been published with the imprint "Transactions Publishers".-Overview:... , 1990, hardcover ISBN 0-88738-369-6 and paperback ISBN 0-88738-858-2).
	2. The U.S. Will Not Be a Leading World Power	Jacques Attali Jacques Attali Jacques Attali is a French economist, writer and senior civil servant.Former adviser to President François Mitterrand and first president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, he founded the non-profit organization PlaNet Finance and was nominated President of the Commission for...	Excerpt from "Lines on the Horizon: A New Order in the Making," New Perspectives Quarterly, Spring 1990.
	3. Japan Will Be a Leading World Power	Shintaro Ishihara Shintaro Ishihara is a Japanese author, actor, politician and the governor of Tokyo since 1999.- Early life and artistic career :Shintarō was born in Suma-ku, Kobe. His father Kiyoshi was an employee, later a general manager, of a shipping company. Shintarō grew up in Zushi...	From "A Japan That Can Say No," New Perspectives Quarterly, Summer 1990.
	4. Japan's Power Will Be Limited	Karl Zinsmeister Karl Zinsmeister Karl Zinsmeister is an executive, researcher, and writer. From 2006 to 2009 he served in the White House as President George W. Bush's chief domestic policy adviser, and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.-Biography:...	Excerpt from "Shadows on the Rising Sun," The American Enterprise The American Enterprise The American Enterprise was a public policy magazine published by the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. Its editorial stance was politically conservative, generally advocating free-market economics and a neoconservative U.S. foreign policy.The magazine was published approximately... , May/June 1990.
	5. Europe Will Be a Leading World Power	Séamus O'Cléireaċáin	Excerpt from "Long-Term Implications of the Unified European Market: Birth of an Economic Superpower?," Mediterranean Quarterly, Fall 1990.
	6. Europe May Not Be a Leading World Power	William Drozdiak	Reprint of "Europe's Pretensions Go Back on the Continental Shelf," Washington Post National Weekly Edition, February 4-10, 1991.
Chapter 2: What Role Will the U.S. Play in the New World Order?	1. The U.S. Should Maintain its Role in World Affairs	Josef Joffe Josef Joffe Josef Joffe is publisher-editor of Die Zeit, a weekly German newspaper. His second career has been in academia...	From "Entangled Forever," The National Interest The National Interest The National Interest is a prominent conservative American bi-monthly international affairs magazine published by the Center for the National Interest. It was founded in 1985 by Irving Kristol and until 2001 was edited by Anglo-Australian Owen Harries... , Fall 1990, no. 21.
	2. The U.S. Should Reduce its Role in World Affairs	Patrick J. Buchanan	Reprint of "A New Nationalism," The Wanderer The Wanderer (newspaper) The Wanderer is a lay Roman Catholic weekly newspaper published in St. Paul, Minnesota and distributed to a national market. It was founded by Joseph Matt on 7 October 1867... , March 15, 1990.
	3. The U.S. Should Maintain an International Military Role	William R. Hawkins William R. Hawkins William R. Hawkins is a conservative American author and scholar whose principal field of study is the interplay between economic policy and national security...	Reprint of "New Enemies for Old," National Review National Review National Review is a biweekly magazine founded by the late author William F. Buckley, Jr., in 1955 and based in New York City. It describes itself as "America's most widely read and influential magazine and web site for conservative news, commentary, and opinion."Although the print version of the... , September 17, 1990.
	4. The U.S. Should Reduce Its Military Role	Ted Galen Carpenter	Reprint of "Uncle Sam as the World's Policeman: Time for a Change?," USA Today USA Today USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003... magazine, January 1991.
	5. The U.S. Will Remain an Economic Leader	Joel Kotkin Joel Kotkin Joel Kotkin is a professor of urban development, currently a fellow at Chapman University in Orange, CA and the Legatum Institute, a London-based think tank.Kotkin attended the University of California, Berkeley...	Reprint of "Reports of America's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated," The Washington Post National Weekly Edition, May 28-June 3, 1990.
	6. U.S. Economic Leadership Is Threatened	Abu K. Selimuddin	Reprint of "Will America Become Number Two?," USA Today USA Today USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003... magazine, September 1989.
Chapter 3: What Role Will Economics Play in the New World Order?	1. Economic Competition Will Replace Military Conflict	Edward N. Luttwak	From "From Geopolitics to Geo-Economics," National Interest National interest The national interest, often referred to by the French expression raison d'État , is a country's goals and ambitions whether economic, military, or cultural. The concept is an important one in international relations where pursuit of the national interest is the foundation of the realist... , Summer 1990, no. 20.
	2. Economic Competition Will Not Replace Military Conflict	Eliot A. Cohen Eliot A. Cohen Eliot A. Cohen is the Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University. Cohen is the Director of the Strategic Studies Program at SAIS and has specialized in the Middle East, Persian Gulf, Iraq, arms...	Reprint of "The Future of Force," The National Interest The National Interest The National Interest is a prominent conservative American bi-monthly international affairs magazine published by the Center for the National Interest. It was founded in 1985 by Irving Kristol and until 2001 was edited by Anglo-Australian Owen Harries... , Fall 1990.
	3. The World Economy Will Benefit Many Nations	Edward Yardeni and David Moss	Reprint of "New Wave Economics: Trends for the 21st Century," USA Today USA Today USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003... magazine, January 1990.
	4. Only the Wealthy Will Benefit From the World Economy	Ronald Kwan	Reprint of "Footloose and Country Free," Dollars & Sense Dollars & Sense Dollars & Sense is a magazine dedicated to providing left-wing perspectives on economics.Published six times a year since 1974, it is edited by a collective of economists, journalists, and activists committed to the ideals of social justice and economic democracy.It was initially sponsored by the... , March 1991.
	5. The Economies of the World Are Unified	Kenichi Ohmae Kenichi Ohmae is a business and corporate strategist who developed the 3C's Model.For twenty-three years, Dr. Ohmae was a senior partner in McKinsey & Company, the international management consulting firm...	Reprint of "Beyond Friction to Fact: The Borderless Economy," New Perspectives Quarterly, Spring 1990.
	6. The Economies of the World Will Dissolve Into Trading Blocs	Walter Russell Mead Walter Russell Mead Walter Russell Mead is James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College and Editor-at-Large of The American Interest magazine, and is recognized as one of the country's leading students of American foreign policy . Until 2010, Mead was the Henry A. Kissinger Senior...	Reprint of "On the Road to Ruin: Winning the Cold War, Losing the Economic Peace," Harper's Magazine Harper's Magazine Harper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts, with a generally left-wing perspective. It is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. . The current editor is Ellen Rosenbush, who replaced Roger Hodge in January 2010... , March 1990.
Chapter 4: How Will the End of the Cold War Affect the World?	1. The End of the Cold War Will Bring a New Era of Democracy	Joshua Muravchik Joshua Muravchik Joshua Muravchik is a scholar formerly at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and now a fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University....	Reprint of "New Dominions for Democracy," The American Enterprise The American Enterprise The American Enterprise was a public policy magazine published by the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. Its editorial stance was politically conservative, generally advocating free-market economics and a neoconservative U.S. foreign policy.The magazine was published approximately... magazine, January/February 1991.
	2. A New Era of Democracy Is Uncertain	Doyle McManus Doyle McManus Doyle McManus is an American journalist, columnist , who appears often on Public Broadcasting Service's Washington Week.-Early life:...  and Robin Wright Robin Wright (author) Robin B. Wright is an American foreign affairs analyst, and an award-winning journalist and author.A graduate of the University of Michigan, she lives in Washington D.C.-Career:...	Excerpt from "Can Universal Democracy Work?" Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country.... , December 11, 1990.
	3. The End of the Cold War Will Lessen Worldwide Conflict	Bruce Russett Bruce Russett Bruce Martin Russett is Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Professor in International and Area Studies, MacMillan Center, Yale University, and edited the Journal of Conflict Resolution from 1972 to 2009.- Academic career :...	From "Politics and Alternative Security: Toward a More Democratic, Therefore More Peaceful, World," in Alternative Security: Living Without Nuclear Deterrence, edited by Burns H. Weston, (Westview Press Westview Press Westview Press is an American publishing house. It publishes textbooks and scholarly works for an academic audience.Westview was founded in 1975 in Boulder, Colorado by Fred Praeger. The press was sold in 1991 to SCS Communications. HarperCollins acquired the company in 1995. Since 1998, it has... , 1990, hardcover ISBN 0-8133-0629-9 and paperback ISBN 0-8133-0630-2).
	4. The End of the Cold War Will Not Lessen Worldwide Conflict	John J. Mearsheimer	Reprint of "Why We Will Soon Miss the Cold War," The Atlantic, August 1990.
	5. The End of the Cold War Will Harm the Third World	Vanessa Baird	Reprint of "East Meets West, North Forgets South," The New Internationalist, September 1990.
	6. The End of the Cold War Will Not Harm the Third World	Richard E. Bissell	Reprint of "Who Killed the Third World?" The Washington Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, Autumn 1990.
Chapter 5: What Role Will International Organizatiions Play in the New World Order?	1. The United Nations Can Solve International Problems	Richard S. Williamson Richard S. Williamson Richard Salisbury Williamson is an American lawyer, diplomat and pedagogue. He currently serves as Special Envoy to Sudan as of January 7, 2008. Williamson is a partner at Winston & Strawn and was also Thomas J...	Reprint of "Toward the 21st Century: The Future for Multilateral Diplomacy," Department of State Bulletin, December 1988.
	2. The United Nations Cannot Solve International Problems	Michael Lind Michael Lind Michael Lind is an American writer. Currently Lind is Policy Director of the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., Editor of New American Contract and its blog Value Added, and a columnist for Salon magazine. Lind was a guest lecturer at Harvard Law School and...	Reprint of "United Nations: After the Cold War," The World & I, October 1990.
	3. The United Nations Can Prevent War	Robert C. Johansen	Reprint of "UN Peacekeeping: The Changing Utility of Military Force," Third World Quarterly Third World Quarterly Third World Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Routledge. The journal was established in 1979. , the editor-in-chief is Shahid Qadir. It was published eight times per year until 2011, when publication increased to ten times per year... , vol. 2, no. 2, April 1990.
	4. The United Nations Cannot Prevent War	Mark A. Franz	Reprint of "UN Peace: Euphoria vs. Reality," The World & I, April 1990.
	5. NATO Is Obsolete	Doug Bandow Doug Bandow Douglas Bandow is a former columnist with Copley News Service and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He resigned from Cato in 2005 due a scandal involving payments for columns from lobbyist Jack Abramoff and wrote about it in the Los Angeles Times. As of March 2009, Bandow is again working at...  and Ted Galen Carpenter	Reprint of "Preserving an Obsolete NATO," Cato Policy Report, September/October 1990.
	6. NATO Is Not Obsolete	William E. Odom	From "Is the Guns-Butter Curve Valid for NATO in the 1990s?" speech delivered to the Hudson Policy Forum, New York, NY, March 29, 1990.
Organizations to Contact
Bibliography of Books
Index