United States: What Does the World Expect of the "Indispensable Nation"? Jolyon Howorth, Politique étrangère, World Policy Conference 2008 (hors-série).'The Bush era has had a profoundly unsettling effect on international relations. Whoever sits in the Oval Office on January 21, 2009, will immediatly have to set...

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When a new US president arrives in the White House on January 20, 2009, the entire world hopes to turn a new page. The Bush era has generated serious divisions within the Atlantic Alliance, massively increased the volatility of the greater Middle East, spawned new and dangerous fissures in Central and South Asia, fostered a mood of uncertainty and growing unease in North Asia, offered a global rallying cry for Islamic jihadists, undermined the legitimacy of the United Nations, and fueled an unprecedented level of anti-Americanism across the globe.Jolyon Howorth, Professeur aux université de Yale et de Bath, est chercheur à l'Ifri.