Michael Schiffer was, from 2006-2009, a program officer in policy analysis and dialogue at the Stanley Foundation and a fellow at the Center for Asia and Pacific Studies at the University of Iowa.David Shorr is a program officer at the Stanley Foundation. His last co-edited volume, a collection of bipartisan essays, was Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Old GuardChapter 3 Chapter 1. A Stake in the System: Redefining American LeadershipChapter 4 Chapter 2. Japan: Leading or Losing the Way Toward Responsible Stakeholdership?Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Rue de la Loi: The Global Ambition of the European ProjectPart 6 ChallengersChapter 7 Chapter 4. A Rising China's Rising ResponsibilitiesChapter 8 Chapter 5. India: The Ultimate Test of Free-Market DemocracyChapter 9 Chapter 6. Russia's Place in an Unsettled Order: Calculations in the KremlinPart 10 BellwethersChapter 11 Chapter 7. Turkey's Identity and Strategy: A Game of Three-Dimensional ChessChapter 12 Chapter 8. Brazil's Candidacy for Major Power StatusPart 13 Square PegsChapter 14 Chapter 9. South Africa: From Beacon of Hope to Rogue Democracy?Chapter 15 Chapter 10. Refashioning Iran's International RoleChapter 16 Chapter 11. Laggards on Responsibility: The Oil Majors

The distinct lack of agreement among major powers today contradicts the idea of an international community bound by a common moral code. International norms nonetheless exert a degree of moral and political force as powerful nations vie for status and influence. Powers and Principles uses a novel and illuminating approach to examine the role of benevolent impulses in international affairs.