1st Edition

Geo-economics and Power Politics in the 21st Century The Revival of Economic Statecraft

Edited By Mikael Wigell, Sören Scholvin, Mika Aaltola Copyright 2019
250 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Starting from the key concept of geo-economics, this book investigates the new power politics and argues that the changing structural features of the contemporary international system are recasting the strategic imperatives of foreign policy practice. States increasingly practice power politics by economic means. Whether it is about Iran’s nuclear programme or Russia’s annexation of Crimea,... Read more
  1. Geo-economic Power Politics: An Introduction Sören Scholvin and Mikael Wigell
  2. Geo-economics as a Dimension of Grand Strategy: Notes on the Concept and Its Evolution Braz Baracuhy
  3. Interdependence as Dependence: Economic Security in the Age of Global Interconnectedness Christian O. Fjäder
  4. Critical Infrastructure in Geostrategic Competition: Comparing the US and Chinese Silk Road Projects Juha Käpylä and Mika Aaltola
  5. Germany’s Liberal Geo-economics: Using Markets for Strategic Objectives Hans Kundnani
  6. The Russian ‘Pivot’ to Asia-Pacific: Geo-economic Expectations and Disappointments Pavel K. Baev
  7. US Grand Strategy in Flux: Geo-economics, Geopolitics and the Liberal International Order Kari Möttölä
  8. Leverage of Economic Sanctions: The Case of US Sanctions against Iran, 1979-2016 Paul Rivlin
  9. Energy and the Future of US Primacy: The Geostrategic Consequences of the Shale Revolution Niklas Rossbach
  10. Learning Geo-economics: China’s Experimental Path towards Financial and Monetary Leadership Mikko Huotari
  11. Development Lending as Financial Statecraft? A Comparative Exploration of the Practices of China and Japan Mikael Mattlin and Bart Gaens
  12. China’s Economic Statecraft in Latin America: Geostrategic Implications for the United States Mikael Wigell and Ana Soliz Landivar
  13. Oil as a Strategic Means in Venezuela’s Foreign Policy: The Cases of ALBA and Petrocaribe, 1998-2013 Martha Lucía Márquez Restrepo
  14. India, Pakistan and the Contest for Regional Hegemony: The Role of Geo-economics Smruti S. Pattanaik
  15. Geo-economics and Geopolitics in Sub-Saharan African Power Politics Sören Scholvin
  16. Conclusion Sören Scholvin, Mikael Wigell and Mika Aaltola

Biography

Mikael Wigell is Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs and Adjunct Professor in International Political Economy at the University of Tampere, Finland.

Sören Scholvin is Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography, University of Hanover, Germany.

Mika Aaltola is Director of the Global Security Programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. He also works as Professor of International Relations at Tallinn University, Estonia.