Contents -- Introduction: Concert or Clash of Global Powers in the 21st Century? -- Part I: Does India Belong? -- Is India a Major Power? -- Balancing Interests and Values: India's Struggle with Democracy Promotion -- Building a New Partnership with India -- Is India, or Will It Be, a Responsible International Stakeholder? -- Part II: The Rise of China -- Why Does China Matter? -- China's Challenge to Pax Americana -- China Views Globalization: Toward a New Great-Power Politics? -- The Promise and Limitations of a Sino-U.S. Partnership -- The New Strategic Triangle: U.S. and European Reactions to China's Rise -- Part III: Resurgent Russia -- Putin's Choice -- Putin's Plan -- Russian Transimperialism and Its Implications -- Russia Redefines Itself and Its Relations with the West -- Us and Them: Anti-American Views of the Putin Generation -- Part IV: Europe's Power and Its Natural Limits -- Europe's Leverage -- Europe and Islam: Crescent Waxing, Cultures Clashing -- The Death of Enlargement -- Europe Inside Out -- A Weakened EU's Prospects for Global Leadership -- Part V: Japan's Quest for Normalcy -- Japan: Using Power Narrowly -- Japan's Goldilocks Strategy -- A Continuum of Change -- U.S.-Japanese Relations after Koizumi: Convergence or Cooling?.