Richard Ned Lebow is Professor of International Political Theory in the Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK and James O. Freedman Presidential Professor Emeritus at Dartmouth College, USA. He is also a Bye-Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, UK. He has also taught strategy for the National and Naval War Colleges (US) and served as the first scholar-in-residence in the CIA during the Carter administration.

1. Introduction

2. The Indispensable Nation?

3. Starve the Beast

4. Deterrence and Compellence

5. China

6. Democracy and the Rule of Law

7. The National Interest