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Acknowledgements. Contributors. Introduction, Melvyn P. Leffler and Jeffrey W. Legro. 1. A Farewell to Geopolitics, Stephen Van Evera. 2. End of Dreams, Return of History, Robert Kagan. 3. Beyond Statecraft, Charles S. Maier. 4. Liberal Order Building, G. John Ikenberry. 5. Boss of Bosses, James Kurth. 6. Legitimacy and Competence, Samantha Power. 7. Two Concepts of Sovereignty, David M. Kennedy. 8. A Shackled Hegemon, Barry Eichengreen and Douglas A. Irwin. 9. Soft Talk, Big Stick, Francis Fukuyama. 10. The Problem of Conjecture, Niall Ferguson. 11. Dilemmas of Strategy, Melvyn P. Leffler and.