Power and Responsibility: Building International Order in an Era of Transnational Threat. This item is unavailable.Power and Responsibility: Building International Order in an Era of Transnational Threat

The post-World War II fabric of global security, designed and maintained by the United States, has dangerously frayed. Built for a different age, current international institutions are ill-equipped to address today's most pressing global security challenges, ranging from climate change and nuclear proliferation to civil strife and terrorism. Revitalizing the institutions of cooperation will require a new conceptual foundation for global security. The 'national sovereignty' of the twentieth century must give way to 'responsible sovereignty' - a principle requiring nations not only to protect their own people, but also to cooperate across borders to safeguard common resources and tackle common threats. Achieving this will require American leadership and commitment to a rule-based international order.In "Power and Responsibility" Bruce Jones, Carlos Pascual, and Stephen Stedman provide the conceptual underpinnings for a new approach to sovereignty and cooperation. They present ideas for the new U.S. administration, working with other global powers, to promote together what they cannot produce apart - peace and stability. Recommendations follow more than a year of consultations with policymakers and experts all over the world. They reflect the guidance of the Managing Global Insecurity Project Advisory Group, composed of prominent figures from the United States and abroad. They call for the new president and key partners to launch a 2009 campaign to revitalize international cooperation and rejuvenate international institutions. As Washington prepares for a presidential transition, the time has arrived for a serious rethinking of American policy. For the United States, this is no time to go it alone.

Bruce Jones, director of the Center for International Cooperation at NewYork University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, recently served as deputy research director for the United Nations High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change.Carlos Pascual is vice president and director of Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings. He previously served as coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization at the State Department and as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.Stephen John Stedman is a senior fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He recently served as the research director of the United Nations High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change and as assistant secretary-general and special advisor to the secretary-general of the United Nations.