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International Politics in Times of Change

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Nikolaos Tzifakis

    1. and International Relations, University of Peloponnese Department of Political Science, Corinth, Greece

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  • Examines ongoing transformations in the international system, paying attention to the developed great powers and the BRIC countries
  • Analyses international politics at three levels: the system, the unit and the individual
  • Takes stock of recent key developments: the world financial crisis, China’s economic emergence, two years of Obama’s presidency and the European Union’s Treaty of Lisbon Reflects, a decade later, on post-9/11 international terrorism
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Change in International Politics: An Introduction to the Contemporary Debate

    • Nikolaos Tzifakis
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Established Global Players

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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  4. THE ESTABLISHED GLOBAL PLAYERS

    1. US Foreign Policy: Continuity and Change in an Increasingly Complex World

      • Dimitris Keridis
      Pages 17-32

    2. Obama’s Foreign Policy: Change Without Conviction

      • Alexander Moens
      Pages 33-48

    3. Global Atlanticism: Transatlantic Relations and the Global Shift

      • Stephen F. Szabo
      Pages 49-59

    4. The Quest for the Holy Grail: Europe’s Global Strategy

      • Kostas Ifantis, Ioannis Galariotis
      Pages 61-78

    5. The European External Action Service: Consequences for EU Institutions and Foreign Relations

      • RafaÅ‚ Trzaskowski, Olaf Osica, Joanna Popielawska
      Pages 79-98

    6. Japan in Times of Epochal Change

      • Malcolm Cook
      Pages 99-114

  5. The Emerging Global Players

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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  7. Issues In International Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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  8. ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

    1. The Problem of Order in an Anarchical Society

      • Harry Papasotiriou
      Pages 207-221

    2. System and Units in an Ordered Plurality

      • Dimitris N. Chryssochoou, Dimitris K. Xenakis
      Pages 223-241

    3. Ethnic Conflict and ‘Democratic Peace’: 20 Years Later

      • Irini Chila
      Pages 243-262

    4. The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Modern World: Trends and Straining Regimes

      • Miles A. Pomper, Cole J. Harvey
      Pages 263-281
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There is every indication that the international system is undergoing a period of significant transformation. The substantially higher growth rates of the emerging-market economies in comparison with those of the developed economies are changing the global distribution of power. Studies project that if economic trends are not reversed in the coming years, China will surpass the US and become the world’s largest economy, India will emerge in Japan’s place as the third-largest economy and Brazil will outpace Germany as the fifth-largest. This book underscores the complexity of forecasting international politics and proceeds cautiously to investigate the questions of change and continuity, examining several actors with respect to multiple issues and across different levels of analysis. Taken as a whole, this collection of essays offers a series of snapshots of different aspects, and from varying angles, of an international system in motion.

Editors and Affiliations

  • and International Relations, University of Peloponnese Department of Political Science, Corinth, Greece

    Nikolaos Tzifakis

About the editor

Nikolaos Tzifakis is Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Peloponnese, and Research Associate at the Centre for European Studies in Brussels. He is a graduate of the Department of Political Science and International Studies of Panteion University of Athens (1996), and holds an MA with distinction in International Relations and Strategic Studies (1997) and a PhD in International Relations from Lancaster University, UK (2002). His research interests include contemporary developments in the Balkans, EU external policies and international relations theory. In 2008, he was awarded the Marcel Cadieux Distinguished Writing Award for his co-authored article with Professor Asteris Huliaras in International Journal. Tzifakis has served as Deputy Director-General (December 2009–January 2011) and, previously, as Head of the International Cooperation Department (December 2007–December 2009) at the Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy.

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