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This book adds a new dimension to the discussion of the
relationship between the great powers and the weaker states that
align with themOCoor not. Previous studies have focused on the role
of the larger (or super) power and how it manages its relationships
with other states, or on how great or major powers challenge or
balance the hegemonic state. "Beyond Great Powers and Hegemons"
seeks to explain why weaker states follow more powerful global or
regional states or tacitly or openly resist their goals, and how
they navigate their relationships with the hegemon. The authors
explore the interests, motivations, objectives, and strategies of
these 'followers'OCoincluding whether they can and do challenge the
policies and strategies or the core position of the hegemon.
Through the analysis of both historical and contemporary cases that
feature global and regional hegemons in Europe, Latin America, the
Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South Asia, and that address a range
of interest areasOCofrom political, to economic and militaryOCothe
book reveals the domestic and international factors that account
for the motivations and actions of weaker states.
This book adds a new dimension to the discussion of the
relationship between the great powers and the weaker states that
align with them--or not. Previous studies have focused on the role
of the larger (or super) power and how it manages its relationships
with other states, or on how great or major powers challenge or
balance the hegemonic state. "Beyond Great Powers and Hegemons"
seeks to explain why weaker states follow more powerful global or
regional states or tacitly or openly resist their goals, and how
they navigate their relationships with the hegemon. The authors
explore the interests, motivations, objectives, and strategies of
these 'followers'--including whether they can and do challenge the
policies and strategies or the core position of the hegemon.
Through the analysis of both historical and contemporary cases that
feature global and regional hegemons in Europe, Latin America, the
Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South Asia, and that address a range
of interest areas--from political, to economic and military--the
book reveals the domestic and international factors that account
for the motivations and actions of weaker states.
Since Gideon Rose's 1998 review article in the journal World
Politics and especially following the release of Lobell, Ripsman,
and Taliaferro's 2009 edited volume Neoclassical Realism, the
State, and Foreign Policy, neoclassical realism has emerged as
major theoretical approach to the study of foreign policy on both
sides of the Atlantic. Proponents of neoclassical realism claim
that it is the logical extension of the Kenneth Waltz's structural
realism into the realm of foreign policy. In Neoclassical Realist
Theory of International Relations, Norrin M. Ripsman, Jeffrey W.
Taliaferro, and Steven E. Lobell argue that neoclassical realism is
far more than an extension of Waltz's structural realism or an
effort to update the classical realism of Hans Morgenthau, E.H.
Carr, and Henry Kissinger with the language of modern social
science. Rejecting the artificial distinction that Waltz draws
between theories of international politics and theories of foreign
policy, the authors contend neoclassical realism can explain and
predict phenomena ranging from short-term crisis-behavior, to
foreign policy, to patterns of grand strategic adjustment by
individual states up to long-term patterns of international
outcomes. It is, therefore, a more powerful theory of international
politics than structural realism. Yet it is also a more intuitively
satisfying approach than liberal Innenpolitik theories or
constructivism. The authors detail the variables and assumptions of
neoclassical realist theory, address various aspects of theory
construction and methodology, lay out the areas of convergence and
sharp disagreement with other leading theoretical approaches -
liberalism, constructivism, analytic eclecticism, and foreign
policy analysis (FPA) -- and demonstrate how neoclassical realist
theory can be used to resolve longstanding puzzles and debates in
international relations theory.
The years between the world wars represent an era of broken
balances: the retreat of the United States from global geopolitics,
the weakening of Great Britain and France, Russian isolation
following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, the resurgence of German
power in Europe, and the rise of Japan in East Asia. All these
factors complicated great-power politics. This book brings together
historians and political scientists to revisit the conventional
wisdom on the grand strategies pursued between the world wars,
drawing on theoretical innovations and new primary sources. The
contributors suggest that all the great powers pursued policies
that, while in retrospect suboptimal, represented conscious,
rational attempts to secure their national interests under
conditions of extreme uncertainty and intense domestic and
international political, economic, and strategic constraints.
The years between the world wars represent an era of broken
balances: the retreat of the United States from global geopolitics,
the weakening of Great Britain and France, Russian isolation
following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, the resurgence of German
power in Europe, and the rise of Japan in East Asia. All these
factors complicated great-power politics. This book brings together
historians and political scientists to revisit the conventional
wisdom on the grand strategies pursued between the world wars,
drawing on theoretical innovations and new primary sources. The
contributors suggest that all the great powers pursued policies
that, while in retrospect suboptimal, represented conscious,
rational attempts to secure their national interests under
conditions of extreme uncertainty and intense domestic and
international political, economic, and strategic constraints.
Neoclassical realism is an important new approach to international
relations. Focusing on the interaction of the international system
and the internal dynamics of states, neoclassical realism seeks to
explain the grand strategies of individual states as opposed to
recurrent patterns of international outcomes. This book offers the
first systematic survey of the neoclassical realist approach. The
editors lead a group of senior and emerging scholars in presenting
a variety of neoclassical realist approaches to states' grand
strategies. They examine the central role of the "state" and seek
to explain why, how, and under what conditions the internal
characteristics of states intervene between their leaders'
assessments of international threats and opportunities, and the
actual diplomatic, military, and foreign economic policies those
leaders are likely to pursue.
Neoclassical realism is an important new approach to international
relations. Focusing on the interaction of the international system
and the internal dynamics of states, neoclassical realism seeks to
explain the grand strategies of individual states as opposed to
recurrent patterns of international outcomes. This book offers the
first systematic survey of the neoclassical realist approach. The
editors lead a group of senior and emerging scholars in presenting
a variety of neoclassical realist approaches to states' grand
strategies. They examine the central role of the "state" and seek
to explain why, how, and under what conditions the internal
characteristics of states intervene between their leaders'
assessments of international threats and opportunities, and the
actual diplomatic, military, and foreign economic policies those
leaders are likely to pursue.
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