Great Powers’ Foreign Policy: Approaching the Global Competition and the Russian War Against the West

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By comparing the great-powers' foreign policy, this book investigates the global competition and revisionist attempts to dismantle the Western liberal order. Since February 2022, the international system has been challenged by the Russian invasion in Ukraine and its profound, multiple consequences.Putin's War has reinvented the West. But still, this is not "the end of history". To illustrate that tensions between democratic and autocratic great powers are nowadays at their peak since the end of the Cold War, one should consider President Biden's words in Warsaw, referring to President Putin: "For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power!" Contents Notes on Contributors Introduction: Great-Power Competition, Revisionism and War: How Putin’s Invasion Reinvented 1 The Purpose of the Volume 2 The Concept of Great-Power Competition 3 The Status of Great-Power Competition Bibliography 1. The Foreign Policy of the United States in the Post-Trump Era 1 Introduction 2 The Future of the Transatlantic Partnership between Conditionality and Long-Term Commitment 3 China and the Trajectory of the Post-trump Sino-American Competition 4 A (Dis)united Front on Russia: Finding Balance in Washington’s Confrontation with Moscow 5 American Commitments in the Middle East: The Case of the Ever-present Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in US Foreign Policy Calculations 6 American Commitments in the Greater Middle East: The Inevitability of Afghanistan? 7 Conclusions Bibliography 2. The European Union’s Foreign Policy Capabilities 1 Introduction: Building and Enhancing the Common Foreign and Security Policy 2 A Critical View on CFSP Decision-Making 3 Leverage for Global Influence: The New Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) 4 Global Involvement and Prospects Bibliography Books and Articles Documents and Web Sources 3. Understanding the Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China: Historical Facts, Main Trends 1 Introduction: From Regional Power to a Global One: Decision-Making Structures, Levels and Relevant Players 2 A Short History of Chinese Foreign Policy (1949–2020) 2.1 A Foreign Policy for the Communist (Single) Party or for the Whole Nation? 2.2 Mao’s Foreign Policy: From Ideological Inflexibility to Pragmatism 2.3 Deng Xiaoping’s New Reformist Direction: The Foreign Policy of an Ascending Country 2.4 China after the Cold War: From Jiang Zemin to Xi Jinping – towards Great Power Status in a Multipolar World? 3 Striving for Global Influence 4 Rethinking the Great Power Competition Paradigm: The Chinese Foreign Policy as a Reflection of the Leaders’ Perceptions of Their Country and the International System 5 Scenarios and Perspectives for China’s Foreign Policy Evolution Bibliography 4. Germany: A Civilian Power in Line with a Changing World? 1 Introduction 2 Leverage for Global Influence 2.1 Determinants of German Foreign Policy Culture 3 How Germany Reacts, Adapts to and Impacts the Paradigm of Great Power Competition 3.1 German Multilateralism – Instrumental, Reflexive, Flexible? 3.2 The German Culture of Restraint and Its Metamorphosis 4 Relations with Other Great Powers 4.1 United States 4.2 Russia 4.3 China 5 Scenarios for Short, Mid- and Long-term Perspectives 5.1 From Multilateralism through Minilateralism…Back to Multilateralism? 5.2 German Culture of Restraint vs. the European Quest for Strategic Autonomy 6 Conclusions Bibliography 5. The Mental Maps of French Foreign Policy: Between Ambitions of Grandeur and Constraints 1 Introduction 2 Leverage for Global Influence 3 How France Reacts, Adapts to and Impacts the Paradigm of Great-Power Competition 4 Relations with Other Great Powers and Regional Approaches 5 Scenarios and Perspectives for the Evolution of France’s Strategy and Foreign Policy in the Current Context Bibliography 6. UK’s Post: Brexit Alliance Building Practices in the Age of Global Competition 1 Introduction 2 Sanctions as an Instrument Against External Competition 3 Britain’s Role in European Security in a Post-Brexit Context 4 Characteristics of British Foreign Policy: Prepared for Current Competition? 5 Conclusions Bibliography 7. Russia: Back to Utopia: Escaping the Long Siberian Winter 1 Introduction: Russia’s Total War for a New World Order 2 Leverage for Global Influence: Looking for the Lost Hegemon 3 The New Russian World Order 4 Russia’s New World Role: Coercive Global Power and Guarantor of Non-aligned States Bibliography 8. Japan at the Beginning of the Reiwa Era: Role and Place in World Politics 1 Introduction: Brief Analysis of the Heisei Era with a Focus on Prime-Minister Abe’s Administration 2 The New Coordinates of Japan’s International Relations with the Major Powers and Most Important Neighbors at the Beginning of the Reiwa Era: The Impact of the Suga Administration 3 Japan as a Key Stability Actor in the Asia–Pacific Area: The US – The Strongest Ally 4 Japan in the Reiwa Era: Redesigning the Pillars of Its Soft Power and Attracting Foreign Young Skilled Workers in the National Economy 5 Japan as a Global Player in a Post War World: Implications of Russia’s Aggresion in Ukraine Bibliography 9. India: A Great Regional Power in Search of a Global Footprint 1 Introduction 2 Leverage for Global Influence: A New Geographic Horizon for India 3 How India Adapts to the Paradigm of Great Powers Competition 3.1 India – Prisoner of the Indo-Pacific Region? 3.2 Emerging Diplomacy 3.3 Soft Power Strategies – An Instrument for Gaining Power and Building a Global Footprint 3.4 The Impossible Pakistani Problem 3.5 Post-American Afghanistan Complicates India’s Situation Even Further Bibliography 10. Brazil: From Colony to Emergent Power 1 Introduction 2 Building Leverage for Global Influence 3 How Brazil Reacts, Adapts to and Impacts the Paradigm of Great Power Competition 4 Perspectives for Brazil’s Foreign Policy Evolution Bibliography 11. Beyond the “Iron Wall:” The Strategic Priorities of Israel’s Contemporary Foreign Policy 1 Introduction 2 Leverage for Global Influence in the Post-Cold War Era 3 How Israeli Foreign Policy Reacts and Adapts to the Paradigm of Great Power Competition 3.1 Israel and the US: Whither the Special Relationship? 3.2 Israel and the Arab World: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 3.3 Israel-Palestine and the Two-state Delusion 3.4 Israel and Iran: The Existential Threat? 3.5 Israel’s Pivot to the Far East 4 Possible Scenarios for the Evolution of Israeli Foreign Policy 5 Post-script: Israel after Netanyahu Bibliography Afterword: The Russo-Ukrainian War and Great Power Competition 1 Introduction 2 The Causes of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 3 The International Effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War 4 Conclusions Bibliography Index