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Neoclassical Realism, the State, and Foreign Policy
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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Beyond great powers and hegemons : why secondary states support, follow, or challenge
This book provides frameworks and case studies examining the interests, motivations, objectives, and strategies of smaller states in response to a regional or global hegemon.
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The challenge of grand strategy : the great powers and the broken balance between the world wars
\"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\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The challenge of hegemony
A central challenge facing any great power is choosing whether to punish or cooperate with states that are emerging powers and thus potential challengers. Complexity only increases as competition for finite domestic resources raises debates over their allocation between the twin demands of productive capacity and military security. The Challenge of Hegemony examines the role of international forces to explain domestic institutional changes and the effect of these changes on a hegemon's foreign economic and security policies. Steven E. Lobell argues that the commercial policy of the rising states will alter the balance of political power among competing domestic coalitions in the hegemon. The strengthened coalition will use these gains to advance a foreign policy strategy that bolsters its political position. The weakened coalition will resist such policies—even if this undermines the state's economic or military interest. Lobell concludes his book with policy implications for the United States in the coming decades.
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