T. V. Paul is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University. He is the author or editor of 16 books and over 60 scholarly articles and book chapters in the fields of international relations, international security, and South Asia, including International Relations Theory and Regional Transformation (Cambridge, 2012) and Asymmetric Conflicts: War Initiation by Weaker Powers (Cambridge, 1994).

• Part I. Mechanisms of Accommodation: 1. The accommodation of rising powers in world politics T. V. Paul; 2. Realism, balance of power, and power transitions Steven E. Lobell; 3. Globalization, interdependence, and major power accommodation Philip Potter; 4. What would E. H. Carr say? How international institutions address peaceful political change Krzysztof J. Pelc; 5. The responsibility to accommodate: ideas and change Mlada Bukovansky; Part II. Historical Cases: 6. Seizing the day or passing the baton? Power, illusion, and the British Empire Ali Zeren and John A. Hall; 7. The US accommodation of communist China Lorenz M. Lüthi; 8. Accommodation and containment: Great Britain and Germany prior to the two world wars Martin Claar and Norrin M. Ripsman; 9. Did the US and the Allies fail to accommodate Japan in the 1920s and the 1930s? Jeffrey W. Taliaferro; Part III. Contemporary Cases: 10. China's bargaining strategies for a peaceful accommodation after the Cold War Kai He; 11. Partial accommodation without conflict: India as a rising link power Aseema Sinha; 12. Brazil: revising the status quo with soft power? David R. Mares; 13. Prospects for the accommodation of a resurgent Russia Nicola Contessi; Part IV. Conclusions: 14. Great power accommodation and the processes of international politics Theodore McLauchlin.

'This volume takes on an important and timely topic: how should the world manage interstate power shifts in the interest of keeping peace and stability? The contributing authors study both past and current encounters between established and rising powers. They offer valuable insights for scholars and officials alike.' Steve Chan, College Professor of Distinction, University of Colorado, Boulder