2nd Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Diplomacy and Statecraft
Reflecting the profound changes in international society in the past decade and the challenges that all Powers’ diplomacy and statecraft face, whether opposing or encouraging these changes, this fully revised and updated edition provides a unique multifaceted assessment by experts of the new international order.
Built around the thesis that Great Power rivalry dominated after the end of the Cold War, it examines how this multi-polarity has become more extreme. The Handbook assesses the diplomacy and statecraft of individual powers in seven key sections:
• The Context of Diplomacy
• The Great Powers
• Middle Powers
• Developing Powers
• International Organisations and Military Alliances
• The International Economy
• Issues of Conflict and Co-operation
It shows how diplomacy and statecraft have transformed on issues such as the evolving "America First" strategy; the strengthening of the People’s Republic of China; the growth of non-state actors in foreign policy; the unravelling of international arms control agreements; the aggressive nature of Russian foreign policy; and the emergence of major armed conflicts and the rise of terrorism and armed insurgencies around the world.
It will be of interest to government and non-governmental actors, established scholars and students in the fields of international relations, history, and military studies.
Prologue: Diplomacy and Statecraft in an Era of Increasing International Anarchy
B.J.C McKercher
Part I The Context of Diplomacy
Chapter 1 The Value of Diplomatic History in a Changing World
Halvard Leira
Chapter 2: Theorising Diplomacy
Christer Jönsson
Part II The Great Powers
Chapter 3: Imperial Recessional: The Erosion of American Predominance during the George W. Bush, Obama, and Trump Administrations
Christopher Layne
Chapter 4: China’s Rise and the New World Order
Baohui Zhang
Chapter 5: Brexit, British Foreign Policy, and Governance
Jamie Gaskarth
Chapter 6: Unravelling the Enigma: Russian Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century
Jeffrey Mankoff
Chapter 7: France: A European Middle Power with Still a Global Ambition
Christian Lequesne
Chapter 8: German Foreign Policy and Statecraft since 2000: Regional Hegemon, Global Dwarf?
Klaus Brummer
Chapter 9: Alliance versus Alliance "Plus": Japanese Foreign Policy Post-9/11
Yuki Tatsumi
Part III Middle Powers
Chapter 10: Australian Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century
Brendan O’Connor and Danny Cooper
Chapter 11: Changing Contours of Indian Diplomacy under Narendra Modi
Harsh V. Pant
Chapter 12: The End of the Innocence: Canada and the Fading Liberal International Order
Asa McKercher
Chapter 13: Austria’s Foreign Policy in the Early Twenty-first Century: Between Domestic Restraints and an International Agenda
Erwin Schmidl
Chapter 14: Change in Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Global Shifts and Domestic Politics
Meliha Benli Altunışık
Part IV Developing Powers
Chapter 15: Change and Continuity in Cuba’s Foreign Policy
Philip Brenner and Jina Shim
Chapter 16: Peru: A Model for Latin American Diplomacy and Statecraft
Ronald Bruce St John
Chapter 17: Thailand: A Master of Reinvention through Diplomacy
Pavin Chachavalpongpun
Chapter 18: Indonesia's Foreign Policy since Reformasi
Song Xue and Kai He
Part V International Organisations and Military Alliances
Chapter 19: The European Union in International Relations: Great Power under Strain?
Rikard Bengtsson
Chapter 20: Human Rights in an Illiberal World
Andrew S. Thompson and Jennifer Kandjii
Chapter 21: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and Its Current Challenges
Michael Rühle
Chapter 22: The United States, Israel, and the Conflict over Iran, 2000-2019
Henry Rome
Part VI The International Economy
Chapter 23: The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank: From Institutional Anchors of Liberalism to Geopolitical Rivalry?
Morten Bøås
Chapter 24: The Belt and Road Initiative: Prospects and Pitfalls
Michael Clarke and Matthew Sussex
Chapter 25: Regionalism in the Global South: Understanding the Evolution of Mercosur
Mahrukh Doctor
Chapter 26: The Globalised International Economy: The Need to Rebuild international Co-operation
Andreas Freytag and Leo Wangler
Chapter 27: Measuring Globalisation: Myths, Trends, and Variation across Countries
Steven A. Altman and Caroline R. Bastian
Part VII Issues of Conflict and Co-operation
Chapter 28: The Trump Administration, Nuclear Modernisation, and the Disdain for Arms Control and the Non-Proliferation Regime
Aiden Warren and Joseph Siracusa
Chapter 29: The Return of Great Power Competition and the Importance of Military Statecraft
Michael Roi
Chapter 30: The Middle East – Strategic and Military Balance of Power
Ash Rossiter
and Christopher BolanChapter 31: The Balance of Power in South Asia
Sumit Ganguly
Chapter 32: Non-governmental Organisations and International Security: Navigating the New Global (dis)Order
Jonathan Goodhand and Oliver Walton
Chapter 33: Personal Diplomacy
Hendrik Ohnesorge
Chapter 34: From Soft Power to Reputational Security: Rethinking Public Diplomacy and Cultural Diplomacy for a Dangerous Age
Nicholas J. Cull
Chapter 35: Three Strikes and You’re Out? Implications of "Hyper-Globalisation," the Coronavirus, and the New Cold War for the Future of Multilateralism
David G. Haglund
Biography
B.J.C. McKercher, FRHistS, is Professor of International History at the University of Victoria, Canada and, since 2007, the editor of the journal, Diplomacy & Statecraft.
