Beyond US Hegemony

Introduction
Being clear about the nature of capitalism and imperialism
Is there a desirable form of globalization?
1. The Triad - America, Europe and Japan: united or fragmented?
The project of the American ruling class: extension of the Monroe Doctrine to the rest of the world
The shifting sands of the European project
The clash of political cultures
And Japan?
2. Does the rise of China challenge the imperialist order?
China's rise: revolution or opening to the world?
Market socialism: transition, or short-cut to capitalism?
So, what is to be done?
An uncertain future
3. Russia out of the tunnel?
Basic characteristics of the Soviet system
New forms of capitalism in Russia
Is there a worthwhile alternative in Russia today?
4. India, a great power?
The colonial inheritance
Success and limitations of the populist national project
The liberal and culturalist drift
The long and difficult march of alternative globalization
5. Can solidarity be rebuilt among the countries of the South?
A critical balance-sheet of the 'Bandung era' (1955-1975)
The roots of Africa's exclusion
Is South Africa the weak link in the system?
Can the slide of the Arab world be reversed?
Latin America and the Caribbean in a tricontinental perspective
The East as a new South?
A new basis for solidarity among the peoples of the South
6. Reform of the UN as part of a multipolar globalization
Managing national sovereignty within the UN framework
A balance-sheet of UN activity between 1945 and 1980
Conflict and overlap between economic and political management
The empire of chaos: sovereignty, social justice and development go by the board
The alternative: constructing social justice, international justice and a new popular sovereignty
Proposals for a renaissance of the UN
A plan for action
7. Conclusions
The difficulties of constructing a multipolar world
Can Washington's military project be thwarted?
Thinking long-term
Four conditions to be satisfied
The great strength of the global 'movement'
Appendix 1: Multipolarity in the twentieth century
The drama of the great revolutions
The weight of imperialism, the permanent stagte of the global expansion of capitalism
Defence of the post-revolutionary states central to the vanguard's strategic choices
Nation-building and/or socialist construction in the radical countries of the periphery
Opening debate on the long transition to world socialism
Appendix 2: Further reading
Index