The author examines the growing interdependence among strong and weak states and discusses 12 countries, including the U.S. and the European community, to help students develop their skills of comparison, synthesis and interpretation, the author organized the text by economic development.List of TablesviList of FiguresviiiPrefacexvAcknowledgmentsxviiPART 1 INTRODUCTION1(34)Seeking New Lands, Seein