Introduction : power in the changing global order
Hegemony, unipolarity and the US
The multipolar moment? : the US and the world in the 1990s
A new era? : the George W. Bush administration's 'war on terror'
Return to multilateralism?
Russia as a 'continuing' or 'reviving' great power
The Russian multipolarity debates
China : 'rising power' or 'constrained state'?
China, 'anti-hegemonism' and 'harmony'
Conclusions : the US, Russia and China in a changing world.