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Shaper Nations: Strategies for a Changing World
Kyle Harper
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Description for Shaper Nations: Strategies for a Changing World
Hardcover. Shaper Nations provides perspectives on the national strategies of eight countries that are shaping global politics in the twenty-first century. The volume's authors offer a unique viewpoint: they live and work primarily in the country about which they write, bringing an insider's feel for national debates and politics. Editor(s): Hitchcock, William I.; Leffler, Melvyn P.; Legro, Jeffrey W. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPA; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Shaper Nations provides illuminating perspectives on the national strategies of eight emerging and established countries that are shaping global politics in the twenty-first century. The volume's authors offer a unique viewpoint: they live and work primarily in the country about which they write, bringing an insider's feel for national debates and politics. Conventional wisdom suggests that shaper states have clear central authority, coherently connect means to ends, and focus on their geopolitical environment. These essays suggest a different conclusion. In Brazil, China, Germany, India, Israel, Russia, and Turkey, strategy is dominated by non-state threats, domestic politics, the distorting effect ... Read more
Shaper Nations provides illuminating perspectives on the national strategies of eight emerging and established countries that are shaping global politics in the twenty-first century. The volume's authors offer a unique viewpoint: they live and work primarily in the country about which they write, bringing an insider's feel for national debates and politics. Conventional wisdom suggests that shaper states have clear central authority, coherently connect means to ends, and focus on their geopolitical environment. These essays suggest a different conclusion. In Brazil, China, Germany, India, Israel, Russia, and Turkey, strategy is dominated by non-state threats, domestic politics, the distorting effect ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
491g
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674660212
SKU
V9780674660212
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99-48
About Kyle Harper
William I. Hitchcock is Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Melvyn P. Leffler is Edward Stettinius Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Jeffrey W. Legro is Vice Provost for Global Affairs and Randolph P. Compton Professor in the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.
Reviews for Shaper Nations: Strategies for a Changing World
Shaper Nations is an important book on an important subject: rising powers and their perspectives on the emerging international order. It provides considerable insights into their key national security conceptions, ideas for order, and diverse strategies in an increasingly globalized world.
T. V. Paul, editor of Accommodating Rising Powers: Past, Present, and Future The idea that some states, while not Great ... Read more
T. V. Paul, editor of Accommodating Rising Powers: Past, Present, and Future The idea that some states, while not Great ... Read more