Still A Western World?: Continuity And Change In Global Order

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Today, the debate on world order is intense. As is always the case in times of transition, the global restructuring of international affairs is generating a deep reflection on how the world is, and how it should be reorganized. After the long frozen period of the cold war and the subsequent years marked by US unipolarism, the world has begun the new millennium with profound shifts. The relative decline of the USA, the crisis in the European Union, the consolidation of the BRIC emerging economies, and the diffusion of the power to non-state actors all constitute significant elements that demand a new conceptualization of the rules of the global game. In this pluralist and changing context, a number of different narratives are presented by the key actors in the international system. This book analyses these narratives in comparative terms by putting them in the wider framework of the transformation in global governance. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of illustrations List of contributors List of abbreviations Introduction: The debate on global order in a changing world Theories of international order Power shift: from the Cold War to multicentrism The structure of the book Note References Part I: Trends in Global Governance 1. Our New and Better World Introduction A better world – at least for the leading states International politics after the end of history Conclusions: should the US fight more? Notes References 2. Uncertain Global Governance Four Tricks for Saving Sovereignty When illusions fall away References 3. Regionalism and Global Governance Regionalist studies as a challenge to both neorealism and neoliberalism The New Regionalist Paradigm Regionalism and World Order A heterogeneous global order and an open-ended transition: discussing the recent post-realist literature on regionalism and global governance Several scenarios for future research Bridging EU studies and global studies References Further Reading 4. The Role of Ideas in Global Order Maps and models of international politics The competition among different globalization projects The great global game The new global political cleavages Scenarios of globalization and world order References Part II: Regional Perspectives 5. The American Perspective on Global Order Four Schools Revisited Obama: Wilsonian ends, Jeffersonian means After the end of history Obama’s Hamiltonian exception Obama 2.0 The succession The loyalists: left Jeffersonians Tea Party critics: Jeffersonian to Jacksonian Obama’s critics: Hamiltonian foreign policy establishment The crisis of American foreign policy 6. The Chinese Perspective on Global Order Introduction From low profile to full engagement How China thinks about the global order China as the global number two? Conclusion Notes References 7. The European Perspective on the Global Order Crisis Introduction The European Project and the liberal (world) order The Cold War years 1990–2007: Europe at its zenith The 2008 crisis and its impact on Europe Conclusions Notes References 8. The Russian Perspective on Global Order The Cold Peace, 1989–2014 Strategic impasse World order à la Russe Conclusion Notes References Part III: Conclusions 9 Western Public Opinions Looking East It takes two to tango … or should we dance in three? Public opinion and Asia Support for a ‘rebalancing to Asia’ over time and comparatively Is it Asia or China? Concluding remarks Notes References 10. Dysfunctional Domestic Politics: Dilemmas for the US and the EU in a changing world Introduction A changing world and domestic politics The dysfunctions of the US governmental system The dysfunctions of the EU political system Foreign policy and dilemmas of collective action Conclusion References Index