Why the World’s Superpowers Suddenly Need Middle Powers
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Power is increasingly shaped by those the strongest cannot do without.Continue reading on The Geopolitical Economist »
The historian A.J.P. Taylor wrote one of the most powerful openings of any book. “In the state of nature which Hobbes imagined, violence was the only law, and life was ‘nasty bruti...
How useful is a theory about power that consistently fails to explain what the world’s most powerful country does?
German scholars argue that from a realpolitik perspective, commitment to international law is essential for States whose power is limited. The post A Path For Middle Powers and a R...
The making and unmaking of American dominance.
Middle powers are structurally dependent on the Great Power order that they critique but cannot mould. A liberal and internationalist order was willing to pay the middle powers som...
It doesn’t take much for small powers to gain a big advantage over the powerful.
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This is the age of hyper-multipolarity, where every plausible steering group is missing something essential.
IR 101 #1Continue reading on Medium »
Sovereignty and the Politics of Interpretation in the Modern World OrderContinue reading on Medium »
How to build a world order with leaders who prefer Trump to Carney.
Just weeks before Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to visit the White House, tensions have flared between Washington and its allies after one of the administration’s sharpest rebuk...
(From Coercion to Attraction — Understanding Soft Power)Continue reading on Medium »
Hal Brands and Michael Beckley write in Foreign Affairs about important geopolitical shifts. At first glance, today’s strategic map seems familiar. A bloc of land-based powers, clu...
For decades, U.S. policy in the Middle East has followed a familiar playbook: maintain a strong military presence, build strategic bases…Continue reading on Medium »
Mark Carney’s vision has gone unrealized, but that doesn’t mean states should give up.
Andy Burnham walked into 10 Downing Street last week as Britain’s seventh prime minister in ten years. He takes over a country still absorbing the aftershocks of the Iran conflict,...
US influence challenged by changing global order: Paolo von Schirach
The Iran war has underscored the need for a change in state psychology.
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Why Do States Behave the Way They Do?Continue reading on Medium »
Mark Carney’s Davos call asks middle powers to fill the gaps superpowers leave behind—but the real question is where power leaks next.Continue reading on Medium »
War Power has long served civilization as the primary institution for managing consequential international conflict. But as the destructive costs of modern warfare continue to rise...
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