Technology is developing rapidly, greatly empowering individuals, groups, and nations. Reaching beyond the military issues of arms control, the text analyzes the impact on international security of changes in the international system and defines a unique cooperative security agenda.

James E. Goodby is an Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University and has been a diplomat, negotiator, and policy advisor in several US administrations from Eisenhower to Obama. He is also Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University.

Chapter 1. Learning Survival Skills in the New World
Chapter 2. Stepping Back from the Tipping Point
Chapter 3. Nationalism, Globalism, and Technology
Chapter 4. The Potential for Regional Cooperative Security Negotiations
Chapter 5. Global Security Cooperation: An Agenda for Early Action
Chapter 6. Choosing the Future