1st Edition
America's Allies and the Decline of US Hegemony
Introduction - America’s Allies Coping with US Relative Decline
Justin Massie and Jonathan Paquin
Part I: Debating US Decline and Power Transition
Chapter 1 - American Decline: Destined, Chosen, or Contingent?
Robert J. Lieber
Chapter 2 - China’s Counter-Hegemony? Evidence from ‘Making Identity Count’
Srdjan Vucetic
Chapter 3 - China’s Relations with US Pacific Rim Allies: Tensions Between Trump’s ‘America First’ and Chinese ‘Sharp Power’
Steven F. Jackson
Part II: Perceptions And Strategies Of Asia-Pacific Allies
Chapter 4 - Japanese National Security Policy: Balancing, but Hedging
Clifton Sherrill
Chapter 5 - Australia’s Role Conceptions in a Multipolar World
Cameron G. Thies
Chapter 6 - Power transition and traditional allies in Southeast Asia
Ralf Emmers
Chapter 7 - Canada’s Middle Power Ambivalence: The Palimpsest of US Power Under the Chinese Shadow
Jeremy Paltiel
Part III: Perceptions and Strategies Of European Allies
Chapter 8 - The fraying transatlantic order and Europe’s struggle in a multipolar world
Riccardo Alcaro
Chapter 9 - NATO in Crisis – Vanishing Leadership and Distracted Allies
Trine Flockhart
Chapter 10 - The European Union’s Evolving Role in Response to US Waning Hegemony
Simon Schunz and Brice Didier
Chapter 11 - Making Sense of the Future: European Discourse on Global Power Transition
Caterina Carta
Conclusion: Allies and the Fate of U.S. Hegemony
Justin Massie and Jonathan Paquin
Biography
Justin Massie is Associate Professor of political science at the University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada, and Senior Fellow at the Canadian International Council.
Jonathan Paquin is Professor of Political Science at Université Laval.
"This volume provides an in-depth analysis of the main challenges that are facing US allies in the midst of the decline of America’s hegemonic power". - Christopher Layne, University Distinguished Professor of International Affairs, Texas A & M University, USA.
"A very useful volume that addresses the strategic opportunities and constraints that America’s allies and friends face in an era of power transition. The volume also offers some key theoretical elucidations on questions such as hegemony, relative decline, and power transition and what it takes to replace America for a possible contender like China." - T.V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations and author of Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing From Empires to the Global Era, 2018.
"The question of American decline has overwhelmingly focused on US-China dynamics. But American hegemony has relied upon and underpins a host of alliance relationships with their own particular purposes and requirements. As the United States proves less able or less willing to sustain those relationships, US partners will be forced to look to alternative arrangements. In stark terms, this book sets out the fundamental nature of the choices facing America’s allies." - Professor Nicholas Kitchen, London School of Economics, UK.
