The Next American Century - How The U.S. Can Thrive As Other Powers Rise

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“We live in an era of great opportunity. In The Next American Century, two brilliant young foreign policy thinkers argue that the growing strength of India, China, Japan, Russia and Europe, competitors but not enemies, can benefit the U.S. as long as we invest anew at home. The Next American Century provides a strong, practical, optimistic lesson that Americans should take to heart.”

--Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Adviser to Presidents Gerald R. Ford and George H.W. Bush

"Lively and readable. . . . Let us hope that theirs [Hachigian and Sutphen] is the voice of the future, for if it is, there is hope."

--Edward Mortimer, The New York Review of Books

"The Next American Century explains . . . the rise of the 'pivotal powers'--China, Europe, India, Japan, and Russia--and argues passionately that the US should adopt a policy of 'strategic collaboration' rather than confrontation with these other powers."

--Financial Times,London

"Lucid and compelling. . . . Pragmatic. . . . Synthesizing a vast amount of material while advancing their arguments, the authors have produced a persuasive text."

--Publisher's Weekly

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The rise of other global powers is most often posed as a sorry tale. The potential loss of our #1 status implies a blow to our safety, economy, and prestige. In The Next American Century, Nina Hachigian and Mona Sutphen show that the “pivotal powers”—China, Europe, India, Japan, and Russia—seek greater influence, but each has an enormous stake in the world economy and a keen desire to thwart common threats.

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Nina Hachigian is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. She focuses on great power relationships, international institutions, the U.S.-China relationship, and U.S. foreign policy. Earlier, she was the Director of the Center for Asia-Pacific Policy and a Senior Political Scientist and at RAND. From 1998 to 1999, she was on the staff of the National Security Council. She lives in Los Angeles.

Mona Sutphen was formerly a Managing Director at Stonebridge International LLC, a Washington-based international business strategy firm. A former diplomat, she served in Bangkok and Sarajevo. Later, she served as Special Assistant to U.S. National Security Advisor Samuel R. Berger and as an advisor to United Nations Ambassador Bill Richardson. She is currently serving in the Obama Administration.

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The Huffington Post

January 27, 2010
What Obama Won't Brag About
Nina discusses the controversial shift in America's foreign policy.

World Focus

January 22, 2010
The False Promise of Primacy
Nina debunks Robert Kagan's nostalgia for Bush-era foreign policy.

American Progress

December 2, 2009
The Fruits of Engagement
Nina explains important deliverables announced during the president’s trip to China.

American Progress

November 18, 2009
Summing Up the U.S.-China Summit
Nina shares the important baby steps that came out of this presidential summit.

American Progress

November 6, 2009
China's New Engagement in the International System
China’s relationship to the international system is still evolving. As it grows, it will have more to lose if the international system is not prepared for potent transnational threats.

Radio Dr. Gluss, October 8, 2009
Nina Hachigian discusses American survival with Dr. Howard Gluss.
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The Washington Quarterly

Autumn 2008
Strateigic Collaboration
An insight into the changing dynamics of international relations with the resurgence of China, India and Russia and a suggestion in how the next American President should react to this change by expanding the G-8 to the G-13, among other ideas.

Bill Maher Show
"Nina was a guest on the Bill Maher show on Feb. 15. See the 6 video clips on YouTube."

November 6, 2009

American Progress
Leading the Charge or Charging the Leader? http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2009/11/china09.html/

Nina discusses China's engagement on global challenges with Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg.

August 25, 2008

SeaChange Ideas Forum at the DNC
Emerging Powers: American Foreign Policy in the Light of the Rise of China, India and Russia http://www.starzgreenroom.com/#/video/

A discussion on how America's foreign policy will be redefined by the growing economic and military might of China India and Russia, moderated by Jay Carney (Washington Bureau Chief, Time Magazine) at the Starz Green Room.

Friday, May 9, 2008

Congressional Briefings
Washington, DC

April 26, 2008

LA Times Festival of Books
Nina participated in a panel discussion, New World Disorder, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books with an audience of thousands. The panel was moderated by Terry McDermott.