Daniel W. Drezner on "The New New World Order"

Tufts University professor Daniel Drezner highlights the Bush administration’s recognition of the shifting geopolitical order. The author of All Politics is Global credits the US for its multilateral approach on incorporating China, India and other rising powers into a reconfigured foreign policy strategy. But there are clear obstacles to US leadership in twenty-first century international relations: perceived US unilateralism, European powers’ resentment of their diminished roles in global affairs, and the possible creation of new international bodies outside US reach. The US should be praised for recognizing the economic and social strength of emerging global players, not punished for missteps in the Middle East.