Regional power is often expected to have a positive influence on region specific problems of conflicts, economic deprivation and political instability. In reality, the behaviour and performance of regional powers with regard to these predominantly external expectations is rather mixed. Regional power behaviour frequently causes bemusement and disappointment among policy-makers and scholars. Variations in Regional Powers engages with and captures variations in regional powerhood, the better to understand related policy making and political behaviour. It makes a significant theoretical and...