| Over the past six months, the Bush administration has upgraded its budding âstrategic partnershipsâ with India and Japan. Along with the steady "special relationshipâ with Great Britain, what is beginning to emerge is a global coalition system--it is too soon to call it a true alliance--for the post-Cold War world. Much work remains to be done to translate the expressions of similar political interests and values into usable military strength. Still, the prospects for expanding the number of genuine âstakeholdersâ in the Pax Americana are quite bright. |