1st Edition

Security Strategies and American World Order Lost Power

By Birthe Hansen, Peter Toft Copyright 2009
208 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyses security strategies in the American world order, systematically comparing Russian, Middle Eastern and European policies. The main finding is that the loss of relative power has decisive importance for the security strategies of states, but that particular strategies can only be explained when relative power is combined with ideology and the probability of military... Read more

1. Introduction: from Loss to Strategy  2. Explaining Security Strategy: A Realist Model  3. Russia  4. Europe  5. The Middle East  6. Conclusion  7. Bibliography

Biography

Birthe Hansen is Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen.

Peter Toft is Research Fellow at the Energy Unit of the European Commission's Research Centre.

Anders Wivel is Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen.