New World Order: Opposing Viewpoints

The New World Order: Opposing Viewpoints is a book in the Opposing Viewpoints series. It presents selections of contrasting viewpoints on five central questions about the new world order^[1]: what it will be; what role the U.S. will play in it; what role economics will play in it; how the end of the Cold War 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.

It was published by Greenhaven Press (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	Excerpt from The Myth of American Eclipse: The New Global Age (Transaction Publishers, 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	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	From "A Japan That Can Say No," New Perspectives Quarterly, Summer 1990.
	4. Japan's Power Will Be Limited	Karl Zinsmeister	Excerpt from "Shadows on the Rising Sun," The American Enterprise, 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	From "Entangled Forever," The National Interest, 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, March 15, 1990.
	3. The U.S. Should Maintain an International Military Role	William R. Hawkins	Reprint of "New Enemies for Old," National Review, 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 magazine, January 1991.
	5. The U.S. Will Remain an Economic Leader	Joel Kotkin	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 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, Summer 1990, no. 20.
	2. Economic Competition Will Not Replace Military Conflict	Eliot A. Cohen	Reprint of "The Future of Force," The National Interest, 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 magazine, January 1990.
	4. Only the Wealthy Will Benefit From the World Economy	Ronald Kwan	Reprint of "Footloose and Country Free," Dollars & Sense, March 1991.
	5. The Economies of the World Are Unified	Kenichi Ohmae	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	Reprint of "On the Road to Ruin: Winning the Cold War, Losing the Economic Peace," Harper's Magazine, 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	Reprint of "New Dominions for Democracy," The American Enterprise magazine, January/February 1991.
	2. A New Era of Democracy Is Uncertain	Doyle McManus and Robin Wright	Excerpt from "Can Universal Democracy Work?" Los Angeles Times, December 11, 1990.
	3. The End of the Cold War Will Lessen Worldwide Conflict	Bruce Russett	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, 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	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	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, 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 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

Notes

• ^ The term new world order, as used by this book, refers to the new geopolitical and economic arraingements following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, not the concept of the New World Order conspiracy.