Destined Statecraft Eurasian Small Power Politics and Strategic Cultures in Geopolitical Shifts /

'Destined Statecraft enriches our understanding of global affairs by presenting a perspective where small powers are no longer in the periphery, but take up the main narrative. This standpoint is all the more valuable in an age where the proactive decision-making of small powers often goes unob...

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1. Verfasser: Wong, Pak Nung (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Singapore : Springer Singapore , 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
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ISBN:9789811065637
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: Remaking the Small Powers' Destines
  • The Small Powers in World Politics: Outline of a Theory of African- Asian Critical Realism
  • U.S.-China Containment and Counter-Containment in Southeast Asia: The 'Battle' for Myanmar (Burma)
  • Strategic Cultures as 'the Powers': Kautilya's Hindu Statecraft and the 'String of Pearls' in the Indian Ocean
  • Chaperoning Thai Populist Democracy: Habitus, Structure and Technique of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's Statecraft (1946-2016)
  • Practicing People's Diplomacy over Disputed Waters: Peaceable Intervention across the South China Sea
  • How would China Approach the European Rim-land? The Pivots of Poland and the United Kingdom
  • Conclusion: The Small Will Do What They Can!
  • References.