1st Edition

Strategic Autonomy and Economic Power The Economy as a Strategic Theater

By Vitor Bento Copyright 2023
294 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

294 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

294 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the effect of economic power on a state’s strategic autonomy. Strategic autonomy is a fundamental condition for the availability of strategic options in the interaction of states. This book provides the first clear operational definition of the concept and offers an analysis of the relevance of the national economy to strategic autonomy. The main sources of economic power –... Read more

INTRODUCTION

PART I – ON STRATEGY

1. The Historical Evolution of the Thought on Strategy

2. A Modern Perspective

3. The Economy as a Strategic Theater

PART II – ON STRATEGIC AUTONOMY

4. Strategic Autonomy: A Proposed Framework

PART III – ECONOMIC POWER AND STRATEGIC AUTONOMY

5. On Economic Power: Overview

6. Size Matters

7. Worldwide Webs: Trade and Technology

8. Saving, Wealth and Finance

PART IV – ON STRATEGIC GOVERNANCE

9. National Strategy and its Governance

10. The Challenges of Strategic Economic Governance

PART V – TWO PARADIGMATIC CASES: CHINA AND GERMANY

11. Why These Cases

12. The Case of China

13. The Case of Germany

CONCLUSIONS

Biography

Vitor Bento has a PhD in Strategic Studies (2020) from the University of Lisbon.