Product Description Leading experts on U.S. foreign policy discuss world political and economic trends. Review Quite simply the best book I have read about current global politics, a concise yet comprehensive analysis. Howard L Berman A scholarly series of essays on current political, military and economic trends that enables U.S. policymakers to map out a grand strategy for the new era. Airforce Magazine, Canada All of the chapters are significant. Perhaps the questions of greatest immediate interest presented here are those on the expansion of the European Union and the future of NATO. Perspectives on Political Science A work of general utility for the student of strategic affairs... Although the purpose of the book is to help Air Force decision-makers 'understand the strategic background' to their decisions, it is a work of general utility for the student of strategic affairs. Foreign Affairs From the Publisher Strategic Appraisal 1996 deals with the major strategic issues confronting the United States in the post-Cold War era, with an emphasis on the future role of aerospace power. It discusses both the question of U.S. grand strategy for the new era and the trends in various regions of the world and the challenges they could pose to the military forces of the United States--especially the Air Force.The context for understanding our strategic situation is provided by a discussion of alternative U.S. grand strategies for the post-Cold War era. Despite the amount of time that has passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the nation has not reached a consensus on a replacement for the containment strategy that played such a large role in informing our international behavior over decades. In the absence of such a grand strategy, we will continue to have difficulty inassessing the importance of in