Think Tanks, Foreign Policy and the Emerging Powers

ISBN-13: 9783319603117 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 456 str.

James G. McGann

Opis

This book aims to understand the changing role of think tanks in a sample of states with growing relevance in international affairs. The contributing authors present twelve case studies that explore how security and international affairs think tanks in emerging powers collaborate with their policy makers to meet current and anticipate future foreign policy and security challenges. These case studies include examples from Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Nigeria, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam. The authors identify and explicate the unique foreign policy challenges that these emerging powers face, as well as the strategies and programs that have been developed to effectively respond to these policy issues.

Spis treści

Part I: Introduction

1. Think Tanks and the Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the Emerging Powers

James McGann and Elena Lazarou

2. Think Tanks, Foreign Policy and Emerging Powers

James McGann

3. A Not Quite Multipolar World

Bruce Jones

4. The Emerging Powers

James McGann

Part II: Africa

5. Nigeria: An Overview

James G. McGann

6. The Role of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Nigerian and African Development: The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs

Sharkdam Wapmuk

7. Republic of South Africa: An Overview

James G. McGann

8. Foreign Policy and Security Challenges Facing South Africa: The South African Institute of International Affairs in South Africa

Neuma Grobbelaar and Elizabeth Sidiropoulos

Part III: Asia

9. People's Republic Of China: An Overview

James G. McGann

10. Emergence of a Think Tank and a Rising Power on the World Stage: China Institute of International Studies

Xu Longdi

11. India: An Overview

James G. McGann

12. India’s Strategic Think Tank: The Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses

Arvind Gupta

13. Singapore: An Overview

James G. McGann

14. The Role of Think Tanks in Shaping Policy Debates in Asia: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)

Mely Caballero-Anthony, Ralf Emmers, Theresa Robles, and Sarah Teo

15. South Korea: An Overview

James G. McGann

16. Pushing Korea to Think in a World of Complexity: The East Asia Institute

Sook-Jong Lee

17. IFANS and the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit: The Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security

Bong-Geun Jun

18. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam: An Overview

James G. McGann

19. Shaping the Security and Foreign Policy of Vietnam: The Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Nguyen Thi Lan Anh and Nguyen Hung Son

Part IV: Latin America

20. Argentina: An Overview

James G. McGann

21. Dealing with Argentina’s Foreign Policy in the Emerging Multi- Polar World: A Comparative Analysis of Think Tanks Responses towards the Malvinas Issue: The Argentine Center of International Studies

Ariel Gonzàlez Levaggi

22. Brazil: An Overview

James G. McGann

23. Beyond “Backwater” and “Backyard”: Reframing Security in the South Atlantic: The BRICS Policy Center

Adriana Erthal Abdenur

24. Mexico: An Overview

James G. McGann

25. Think 20: An Innovative Proposal for the G20 Summit

Claudia Calvin Venero 

Part V: Middle East

26. Qatar: An Overview

James G. McGann

27. Research Centers and the Challenges of Formulating State Security and Foreign Policies in Emerging States: The Case of Qatar: Al Jazeera Centre for Studies

Jamal Abdullah

28. Turkey: An Overview

James G. McGann

29. Shaping Foreign Policy Debates in Turkey: The SETA Foundation for Political, Economic, and Social Studies

Kadir Ustun and Kilic Kanat

Part VI: Conclusion

30. Think Tanks, Foreign Policy and National, Regional and Global Politics

James G. McGann and Elena Lazarou

O autorze

James G. McGann is Senior Lecturer in International Studies and Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Blurb

This book examines changing international dynamics through the lens of some of the leading think tanks from the emerging powers in the world. Through twelve case studies, the authors explore how security and international affairs think tanks in emerging powers collaborate with their policy makers to meet current and anticipate future foreign policy and security challenges. Overall, the book illustrates and analyzes how think tanks in a variety of political and economic contexts are able to contribute to their respective policy-making processes. Included in the discussions are the problems or successes that each respective nation’s think tanks face, where they feel the emerging nation will be positioned, and where they are failing to meet the policy challenges they face. The book provides a comprehensive look at successful foreign policy formulation to serve as examples for other think tanks in similar political and economic conditions.  

James G. McGann is Senior Lecturer in International Studies and Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.