After hegemony

About “After hegemony”

This book is a study of cooperation among advanced capitalist countries. Robert Keohane examines whether cooperation can continue without a single dominant power, such as the United States after World War II. He analyzes the international regimes that enable cooperation in the world political economy and traces their development as American dominance has declined. Keohane argues that international regimes are not weak substitutes for world government but tools for facilitating cooperation among self-interested nations. The preface discusses cooperation after the end of the Soviet Union and the return of American dominance in security, as well as recent research on cooperation.