Routledge Handbook of Diplomacy and Statecraft

524 Pages·2011·3.09 MB·English

by  B.J.C. McKercher

Routledge Handbook of Diplomacy
and Statecraft
Despitepost-ColdWarargumentsabouttheirdemise,‘GreatPowers’notonlycontinuetothrive,
with lesser Powers they form the basis of the constellation of global politics. This topical new
Handbookillustrateshowandwhythenewinternationalorderhasevolved–andisstillevolving–
sincetheendoftheColdWar,throughtheapplicationofdiplomacyandstatecraft.
Includingcutting-edgecontributionsfromover40scholars,theHandbookisstructuredaround
sevensections:
(cid:1)
ContextofDiplomacy
(cid:1)
GreatPowers
(cid:1)
MiddlePowers
(cid:1)
DevelopingPowers
(cid:1)
InternationalOrganisationsandMilitaryAlliances
(cid:1)
InternationalEconomy
(cid:1) IssuesofConflictandCooperation
Throughanalysisofawiderangeofcasestudies,theHandbookassessesthediplomacyandstatecraft
of individual powers, offering insights into how they function, their individual perception of
national interests, and the roles they play in modern statecraft. The contributors also seek to
evaluatetheorganisationsandcontemporaryissuesthatcontinuetoinfluencetheshapingofthe
newinternationalorder.
Acomprehensivesurveyofdiplomacyacrosstheworld,thisworkwillbeessentialreadingfor
scholarsandprofessionalsalike.
B.J.C. McKercher is Professor of International History and past Chair of War Studies at the
RoyalMilitaryCollegeofCanada.Anexpertoninterwarinternationalrelations,hisworkcentres
onBritainastheonlyglobalGreatPower.Since2007,hehasbeeneditorofDiplomacy&Statecraft.

Routledge Handbook of
Diplomacy and Statecraft
Edited by B.J.C. McKercher
Firstpublished2012
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Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
1.Diplomacy–Handbooks,manuals,etc.2.Internationalrelations–Handbooks,
manuals,etc.3.Worldpolitics–Handbooks,manuals,etc.I.McKercher,B.J.C.,1950–
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Contents
Listofillustrations ix
Contributors x
Prologue:theinternationalorderandthenewcentury
B.J.C.McKercher xv
PARTI
TheContextofDiplomacy 1
1 Diplomatichistory:anewappraisal 3
JeremyBlack
2 Theorisingdiplomacy 15
ChristerJönsson
PARTII
TheGreatPowers 29
3 TheUnitedStates:thecontemporaryworld’sindispensablenation? 31
JamesM.Scott
4 TheforeignpolicyofGreatBritain 43
ChristophBluth
5 Unravellingtheenigma:Russianforeignpolicyinthe
twenty-firstcentury 53
JeffreyMankoff
6 China:GreatPowerrising 64
RobertD’A.Henderson
7 France:exercisingpowerandinfluenceacrosstheages 76
PaulP.Vallet
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Contents
8 Germanforeignpolicymirroredintheachievementsand
shortcomingsofitschancellors 87
ChristianHacke
9 Japan’sdiplomacyandculture 96
AlexanderBukh
PARTIII
TheMiddlePowers 107
10 Brazil:makingroomatthemaintable 109
SeanW.Burges
11 Indianstatecraftstrugglestocometotermswith
India’srise 120
HarshV.Pant
12 ContemporaryCanadianforeignpolicy:amiddlePower
inaGreatPowerworld 131
StéphaneRoussel
13 TheCzechRepublic:thedomesticlimitstoforeign-policy
effectiveness 143
DanMarekandMichaelBaun
14 TheforeignpolicyofTurkey 155
DimitrisKeridis
PARTIV
TheDevelopingPowers 167
15 Cubanrevolutionarydiplomacy1959–2009 169
CarlosAlzugaray
16 Peru:amodelforLatinAmericandiplomacyand
statecraft 181
RonaldBruceStJohn
17 Nigeria:theforeignpolicyofaputativeAfricanPower 192
CyrilI.Obi
18 Thailand:theenigmaofbamboodiplomacy 204
PavinChachavalpongpun
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Contents
19 Indonesia’sforeignpolicyaftertheColdWar:politicallegitimacy,
internationalpressure,andforeign-policychoices 215
KaiHe
PARTV
InternationalOrganisationsandMilitaryAlliances 227
20 AglobalGreatPowerinthemaking?:theEuropeanUnionin
theemergingglobalorder 229
RikardBengtsson
21 TheGreatPowersandtheUnitedNations 240
StephenRyan
22 Reconcilingdifferentlogicsofsecurityprovision:thecase
ofNATO 252
AlexandraGheciu
23 NewregionalismsandtheAfricanUnion:
reflectionsontheriseofAfricrats,regionaleconomic
integration,andinter-regionalrelations 264
J.AndrewGrantandThomasKwasiTieku
24 Thenon-alignedmovement:collectivediplomacyofthe
globalSouth 274
JacquelineAnneBraveboy-Wagner
PARTVI
TheInternationalEconomy 291
25 TheInternationalMonetaryFundandtheWorldBank:
thepowerofmoney? 293
MortenBøås
26 TheEuropeanUnionandtheeconomicandfinancialcrisis:
reforminginternalgovernanceandexternalrepresentation
inturbulenttimes 303
DanielaSchwarzer
27 TheOrganizationofthePetroleumExportingCountries
andcontemporaryinternationalpoliticsandeconomy 314
HouchangHassan-Yari
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Contents
28 Fromcoloniestocollective:ALBA,LatinAmericanintegration,andthe
constructionofregionalpoliticalpower 325
LarryCatáBacker
29 TheG8andthemovetoaglobalisedinternationaleconomy 338
AndreasFreytagandLeoWangler
30 Theoppositiontotheglobalisedinternationaleconomy 349
BrunoR.Wüest
PARTVII
IssuesofConflictandCooperation 363
31 Internationalarmscontrol 365
DavidMutimer
32 Thestrategygap:contemporarycivil–militaryrelations
andtheuseofmilitarypower 376
MichaelL.Roi
33 TheMiddleEast:strategicandmilitarybalanceofpower 388
EyalZisser
34 ThebalanceofpowerinSouthAsia 398
SumitGanguly
35 NorthKorea:theforeignpolicyofa‘rogue’state 405
BalbinaY.Hwang
36 Failedstates:Zimbabwe 417
JeremyR.Youde
37 Publicversusprivatepower:non-governmentalorganisations
andinternationalsecurity 428
JonathanGoodhandandOliverWalton
38 Softpower:overcomingthelimitsofaconcept 441
KostasIfantis
Bibliography 453
Index 475
viii
List of illustrations
Figures
26.A1 GDP,constantprices,percentchange(2005–11(estimate)) 312
26.A2 GDPbasedonpurchasing-power-parity(PPP)shareofworld
total 313
27.1 OPECshareofworldcrudeoilreserves(2004) 320
27.2 OPECsharesofworldcrudeoilreserves(2009) 320
27.3 Worldcrudeoilreserves(2000–2009),cumulativeproduction
versusnetadditions 321
Tables
20.A1 OngoingCommonSecurityandDefencePolicymissions
andoperations 238
24.A1 TheFoundingPrinciplesoftheNon-AlignedMovement 285
24.A2 ThePrinciplesenshrinedintheDeclarationonthePurposes
andPrinciplesandtheRoleoftheNon-AlignedMovement
inthePresentInternationalJunctureadoptedinthe14th
NAMSummitinHavana 285
24.A3 MembersoftheNon-AlignedMovement(2010) 286
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