Fear and Uncertainty in Europe
The Return to Realism?
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Beschreibung
Russia’s intervention in the Ukraine, Donald Trump’s presidency and instability in the Middle East are just a few of the factors that have brought an end to the immediate post-Cold War belief that a new international order was emerging: one where fear and uncertainty gave way to a thick normative and institutional architecture that diminished the importance of material power. This has raised questions about the instruments we use to understand order in Europe and in international relations. The chapters in this book aim to assess whether foreign policy actors in Europe understand the international system and behave as realists. They ask what drives their behaviour, how they construct material capabilities and to what extent they see material power as the means to ensure survival. They contribute to a critical assessment of realism as a way to understand both Europe’s current predicament and the contemporary international system.
Roberto Belloni is professor of political science at the University of Trento, Italy.
Vincent Della Sala is associate professor of political science at the University of Trento, Italy.
Paul Viotti is professor at the University of Denver's Korbel School of International Studies and Executive Director of the Institute on Globalization and Security, USA.
Russia’s intervention in the Ukraine, Donald Trump’s presidency and instability in the Middle East are just a few of the factors that have brought an end to the immediate post-Cold War belief that a new international order was emerging: one where fear and uncertainty gave way to a thick normative and institutional architecture that diminished the importance of material power. This has raised questions about the instruments we use to understand order in Europe and in international relations. The chapters in this book aim to assess whether foreign policy actors in Europe understand the international system and behave as realists. They ask what drives their behaviour, how they construct material capabilities and to what extent they see material power as the means to ensure survival. They contribute to a critical assessment of realism as a way to understand both Europe’s current predicament and the contemporary international system.
Provides a timely critical analysis of major approaches to international relations and assesses their utility to understand recent developments such as the impact of the Trump presidency and Brexit Examines whether foreign policy in Europe has changed during the course of the post-Cold War period Questions whether fear and uncertainty drives foreign policy in Europe and whether realism is a useful instrument to understand it
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Roberto Belloni
Themen in »Fear and Uncertainty in Europe«
Fear Uncertainty Realism normative and institutional architecture post-Cold War Nationalism Internationalism Russia Russian nationalism Brexit America-first multilateralism geopolitics liberal institutions Foreign policy