America's Allies and the Decline of US Hegemony

ISBN-13: 9780367201982 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 232 str.

Jonathan Paquin; Justin Massie

Opis

"Using the case-studies of Europe, the UK, Australia, Canada, Japan and South East Asian countries, this book offers a broad assessment of the perceptions of threat and the strategies used by these allies to cope with the relative decline of America's hegemonic power, the rise of China and the transforming world order"--

Spis treści

Introduction - America’s Allies Coping with US Relative Decline  Part I: Debating US Decline and Power Transition  Chapter 1 - American Decline: Destined, Chosen, or Contingent?  Chapter 2 - China’s Counter-Hegemony? Evidence from ‘Making Identity Count’  Chapter 3 - China’s Relations with US Pacific Rim Allies: Tensions Between Trump’s ‘America First’ and Chinese ‘Sharp Power’  Part II: Perceptions And Strategies Of Asia-Pacific Allies  Chapter 4 - Japanese National Security Policy: Balancing, but Hedging  Chapter 5 - Australia’s Role Conceptions in a Multipolar World  Chapter 6 - Power transition and traditional allies in Southeast Asia  Chapter 7 - Canada’s Middle Power Ambivalence: The Palimpsest of US Power Under the Chinese Shadow  Part III: Perceptions and Strategies Of European Allies  Chapter 8 - The fraying transatlantic order and Europe’s struggle in a multipolar world  Chapter 9 - NATO in Crisis – Vanishing Leadership and Distracted Allies  Chapter 10 - The European Union’s Evolving Role in Response to US Waning Hegemony  Chapter 11 - Making Sense of the Future: European Discourse on Global Power Transition  Conclusion: Allies and the Fate of U.S. Hegemony