Alliances In Asia And Europe

Author : Elena Atanassova-Cornelis,Yoichiro Sato,Tom Sauer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000965391

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Alliances in Asia and Europe by Elena Atanassova-Cornelis,Yoichiro Sato,Tom Sauer Pdf

This book explores the transformation of the American-led alliances, as well as of US allies’ responses to potential American disengagement from regional security amid the rising Russian and Chinese threats. The post-Cold War international order has led to three challenges for the West. The first challenge was the ending of the Cold War, which had served as the fundamental rationale of the US-centred alliance systems in both Europe and Asia. The second challenge was that while the fear of US disengagement in the post-Cold War era was initially about its political willingness, the relative decline of the US has gradually turned the question into that of capability. And the third challenge is that for the first time since very long, a war in which one of the great (nuclear) powers is involved takes place on European territory. In Europe, the immediate consequence of the war has been a strengthening of NATO. In Asia and the Indo-Pacific, regional reactions to the war have been much more muted, for the division between “friends and foes” remains less clear-cut than in Europe. The chapters in this volume bridge the dynamics in the European and Asian theatres and provide a comparative framework for examining security alignments amid the shifting strategic context of the Indo-Pacific. With 4 new chapters and a revised Introduction, this book will be of great interest to students and researchers of Politics and International Relations, Asian and European studies. The other chapters were originally published in Asian Affairs.

Author : Michael Wesley
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781760461188

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Global Allies by Michael Wesley Pdf

The global system of alliances that the United States built after the Second World War underpinned the stability and prosperity of the postwar order. But during the 20th century, the multilateral NATO alliance system in Europe and the bilateral San Francisco alliance system in Asia rarely interacted. This changed in the early 21st century, as US allies came together to fight and stabilise conflicts in the Middle East and Central Asia. This volume presents the first-ever comparative study of US alliances in Europe and Asia from the perspectives of US allies: the challenges, opportunities and shifting dynamics of these fundamental pillars of order. This volume is essential reading for those interested in contemporary and future regional and global security dynamics.

Author : Victor D. Cha
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691180946

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Powerplay by Victor D. Cha Pdf

A close look at the evolution of American political alliances in Asia and their future While the American alliance system in Asia has been fundamental to the region's security and prosperity for seven decades, today it encounters challenges from the growth of China-based regional organizations. How was the American alliance system originally established in Asia, and is it currently under threat? How are competing security designs being influenced by the United States and China? In Powerplay, Victor Cha draws from theories about alliances, unipolarity, and regime complexity to examine the evolution of the U.S. alliance system and the reasons for its continued importance in Asia and the world. Cha delves into the fears, motivations, and aspirations of the Truman and Eisenhower presidencies as they contemplated alliances with the Republic of China, Republic of Korea, and Japan at the outset of the Cold War. Their choice of a bilateral "hub and spokes" security design for Asia was entirely different from the system created in Europe, but it was essential for its time. Cha argues that the alliance system’s innovations in the twenty-first century contribute to its resiliency in the face of China’s increasing prominence, and that the task for the world is not to choose between American and Chinese institutions, but to maximize stability and economic progress amid Asia’s increasingly complex political landscape. Exploring U.S. bilateral relations in Asia after World War II, Powerplay takes an original look at how global alliances are achieved and maintained.

Author : Michael Wesley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Alliances
ISBN : 1760461172

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Global Allies by Michael Wesley Pdf

The global system of alliances that the United States built after the Second World War underpinned the stability and prosperity of the postwar order. But during the 20th century, the multilateral NATO alliance system in Europe and the bilateral San Francisco alliance system in Asia rarely interacted. This changed in the early 21st century, as US allies came together to fight and stabilise conflicts in the Middle East and Central Asia. This volume presents the first-ever comparative study of US alliances in Europe and Asia from the perspectives of US allies: the challenges, opportunities and shifting dynamics of these fundamental pillars of order. This volume is essential reading for those interested in contemporary and future regional and global security dynamics.

Author : Mira Rapp-Hooper
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674246027

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Shields of the Republic by Mira Rapp-Hooper Pdf

Is America’s alliance system so quietly effective that politicians and voters fail to appreciate its importance in delivering the security they take for granted? For the first century and a half of its existence, the United States had just one alliance—a valuable but highly controversial military arrangement with France. Largely out of deference to George Washington’s warnings against the dangers of “entangling alliances,” subsequent American presidents did not consider entering another until the Second World War. Then everything suddenly changed. Between 1948 and 1955, US leaders extended defensive security guarantees to twenty-three countries in Europe and Asia. Seventy years later, the United States had allied with thirty-seven. In Shields of the Republic, Mira Rapp-Hooper reveals the remarkable success of America’s unprecedented system of alliances. During the Cold War, a grand strategy focused on allied defense, deterrence, and assurance helped to keep the peace at far lower material and political costs than its critics allege. When the Soviet Union collapsed, however, the United States lost the adversary the system was designed to combat. Its alliances remained without a core strategic logic, leaving them newly vulnerable. Today the alliance system is threatened from without and within. China and Russia seek to break America’s alliances through conflict and non-military erosion. Meanwhile, US politicians and voters are increasingly skeptical of alliances’ costs and benefits and believe we may be better off without them. But what if the alliance system is a victim of its own quiet success? Rapp-Hooper argues that America’s national security requires alliances that deter and defend against military and non-military conflict alike. The alliance system is past due for a post–Cold War overhaul, but it remains critical to the country’s safety and prosperity in the 21st century.

Author : Robert D. Blackwill,Paul Dibb
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0262522853

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America's Asian Alliances by Robert D. Blackwill,Paul Dibb Pdf

Systematic and concrete prescriptions for strengthening America's alliances in the Asia-Pacific region. Unlike the new and largely peaceful Europe, the Asia-Pacific region is fraught with old instabilities and new risks, as well as opportunities. America's Asian alliances face an arc of potential instability, from the divided Korean peninsula in Northeast Asia, to the nuclear confrontation between India and Pakistan on the South Asian subcontinent, to an unstable Indonesia in Southeast Asia. The United States and its allies must also address the rise of Chinese power, slow the spread of nuclear and high-tech conventional weapons, maintain access to energy resources, and expand the world free-trade system. In this book, nine distinguished US and Australian strategists present systematic and concrete prescriptions for strengthening America's Asian alliances. These policy-driven chapters address the roles that the US-Japan, US-South Korea, and US-Australia alliances can play in ensuring long-term stability and prosperity in the region.

Author : Bruno Tetrais
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1619772396

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Entangling Alliances? Europe, the United States, Asia, and the Risk Of 1914 by Bruno Tetrais Pdf

Author : Stephan Frühling,Andrew O’Neil
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781760464912

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Alliances, Nuclear Weapons and Escalation by Stephan Frühling,Andrew O’Neil Pdf

In an era of great power competition, the role of alliances in managing escalation of conflict has acquired renewed importance. Nuclear weapons remain the ultimate means for deterrence and controlling escalation, and are central to US alliances in Europe and the Indo-Pacific. However, allies themselves need to better prepare for managing escalation in an increasingly challenging geostrategic and technological environment for the US and its allies. While the challenge of great power competition is acute at both ends of Eurasia, adversary threats, geography and the institutional context of US alliances differ. This book brings together leading experts from Europe, Northeast Asia, the United States and Australia to focus on these challenges, identify commonalities and differences across regions, and pinpoint ways to collectively manage nuclear deterrence and potential escalation pathways in America’s 21st century alliances. ‘Nuclear weapons play an important role in deterrence and preventing military conflict between great powers, while also posing an existential threat to humanity. It is vital that we have a nuanced understanding of this important challenge, so that such weapons are never used. This book offers many important perspectives and makes a significant contribution to the overall debate about these powerful weapons.’ — The Hon Julie Bishop, Chancellor, The Australian National University, Former Foreign Minister of Australia ‘This timely book identifies a wide range of challenges US alliances both in the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic face as they seek to ensure the value of US extended deterrence, particular the US nuclear umbrella, against China and Russia. This unique collection of chapters written by experts in US allies in both regions presents widely varying security perceptions and priorities. To understand such differences is the key to globally strengthen the US alliance systems, which are a significant advantage Washington enjoys over the two competitors.’ — Yukio Satoh, former President of The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) ‘This is a timely and thoughtful collection of essays that should serve to jumpstart public discussion and debate—the absence of which is widely noted and much bemoaned. Each contributor examines an aspect of the complicated, multifaceted nuclear debate by discussing the range of dilemmas from deterrence to disarmament. The various views set out here are more relevant than ever as Russia, China and the United States flex their nuclear muscles in new and sometimes dangerous ways. This book should be read by anyone interested in the preventing the use of nuclear weapons and understanding complexities of alliances in an increasingly dangerous world.’ — Madelyn Creedon, former Principal Deputy Administrator of the US National Nuclear Security Administration and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs

Author : David Lane,Guichang Zhu
Publisher : Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Politics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : China
ISBN : 1498562337

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Changing Regional Alliances for China and the West by David Lane,Guichang Zhu Pdf

The rise of China is set in a regional perspective of competitive interdependency with the major world powers. This book addresses whether the new regional blocs led by China will perform a "transformative" process for the international order or complement the existing institutions of the North.

Author : André Tardieu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Balance of power
ISBN : UCAL:B3525514

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France and the Alliances by André Tardieu Pdf

Author : George Liska
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015001679813

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Alliances and the Third World by George Liska Pdf

Essay on the theoretical aspects of international relations, with particular reference to the dynamics of alliances and treatys between developed countries and developing countries - covers political aspects and economic implications, and the influence thereof on foreign policy, diplomacy and the balance of power. References.

Author : Stephan C Frühling,Andrew O'Neil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526150727

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Partners in Deterrence by Stephan C Frühling,Andrew O'Neil Pdf

The book explains how and why nuclear weapons cooperation between the US and its allies has evolved since the 1950s. By bringing institutional perspectives to the study of how alliances operate, it focuses on the objectives and sources of influence of US allies in Europe and Asia as they cooperate with the US on the world's most powerful weapons.

Author : Stephan ühling,Andrew O'Neil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : Asia
ISBN : 1526171856

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Partners in Deterrence by Stephan ühling,Andrew O'Neil Pdf

The book explains how and why nuclear weapons cooperation between the US and its allies has evolved since the 1950s. By bringing institutional perspectives to the study of how alliances operate, it focuses on the objectives and sources of influence of US allies in Europe and Asia as they cooperate with the US on the world's most powerful weapons.

Author : Weiqing Song,Jianwei Wang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1526131862

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The European Union in the Asia-Pacific by Weiqing Song,Jianwei Wang Pdf

The collection studies the interactions of the European Union and the Asia Pacific, focusing on the EU as an emerging global player in contemporary international relations.

Author : Thomas J. Christensen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400838813

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Worse Than a Monolith by Thomas J. Christensen Pdf

In brute-force struggles for survival, such as the two World Wars, disorganization and divisions within an enemy alliance are to one's own advantage. However, most international security politics involve coercive diplomacy and negotiations short of all-out war. Worse Than a Monolith demonstrates that when states are engaged in coercive diplomacy--combining threats and assurances to influence the behavior of real or potential adversaries--divisions, rivalries, and lack of coordination within the opposing camp often make it more difficult to prevent the onset of conflict, to prevent existing conflicts from escalating, and to negotiate the end to those conflicts promptly. Focusing on relations between the Communist and anti-Communist alliances in Asia during the Cold War, Thomas Christensen explores how internal divisions and lack of cohesion in the two alliances complicated and undercut coercive diplomacy by sending confusing signals about strength, resolve, and intent. In the case of the Communist camp, internal mistrust and rivalries catalyzed the movement's aggressiveness in ways that we would not have expected from a more cohesive movement under Moscow's clear control. Reviewing newly available archival material, Christensen examines the instability in relations across the Asian Cold War divide, and sheds new light on the Korean and Vietnam wars. While recognizing clear differences between the Cold War and post-Cold War environments, he investigates how efforts to adjust burden-sharing roles among the United States and its Asian security partners have complicated U.S.-China security relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union.