Overview
Combines structural realism and neo-Marxism in new, compelling ways
Provides excellent insights into the political and military dynamics of the world system
Provocatively links world systems analysis with the literature on psychopathy and forgiveness
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Front Matter
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About this book
Grand strategies can be thought of as overall survival strategies of all states. Great powers seek survival against other great powers seeking to undermine their power and position, determining prestige-seeking behavior as psychotic and destructive. Weak states suffer from systemic vulnerabilities and trade whatever political power they have to a great power for economic assistance. If enough weak states support a particular great power, then that great power will become more powerful relative to competitors. This forms an international system fashioned by these transactions.
Reviews
“Hanna Kassab puts new emphasis on the interactions of great powers with weaker states. Great powers seek prestige and need weaker states to receive it. Confronting rigorous theory with convincing case study evidence, Kassab explores how weaker states trade their support for aid and other perks, but remain locked into neoempires that keep them in dependency. In an age when the risk of conflict between major blocks of power looks ever more possible his insightful analysis could not have been more timely.” (Dreher, Professor of International and Development Politics, Heidelberg University, Germany)
“At a time when international relations are being upended by many unprecedented changes, Hanna Samir Kassab offers a conceptual framework that is sure to spark an indispensable debate.” (Moisés Naím, Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of The End of Power)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Grand Strategies of Weak States and Great Powers
Authors: Hanna Samir Kassab
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70404-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70403-6Published: 23 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88932-0Published: 09 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70404-3Published: 26 December 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 253
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Relations Theory, International Organization, International Security Studies, Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Military and Defence Studies