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Prioritization Theory and Defensive Foreign Policy - Systemic Vulnerabilities in International Politics
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Prioritization Theory and Defensive Foreign Policy - Systemic Vulnerabilities in International Politics
von: Hanna Samir Kassab
Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
ISBN: 9783319480183
263 Seiten, Download: 2412 KB
 
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  Dedication 5  
  Preface 6  
  Acknowledgments 10  
  Contents 11  
  List of Figures 13  
  List of Tables 14  
  Chapter 1: Introduction 15  
     Perceptions of Threat and Theories of International Security 18  
     Research Design and Hypothesis 22  
        Overview 22  
        Hypothesis 23  
        Variables 24  
        Hypothesis Overview: Systems Creation Versus Systems Destruction 32  
     Chapters Outline 35  
     Scholarly Contributions and Goals 39  
     Closing Remarks 41  
     Notes 42  
     Works Cited 42  
  Chapter 2: Theoretical Framework 44  
     The International System in Waltzian Realism: Capabilities-Centric 45  
     The International System Today: Vulnerabilities-Centric 47  
        Vulnerability and the Importance of Referent Objects: Human Beings, Not States 48  
     Systemic Vulnerabilities and Their Origins: Defining Its Distribution Across States 52  
     Gaining and Losing State Power Status: The Importance of Studying the Distribution of Vulnerabilities to Periods of Systemic Change 55  
     The Role of the Hegemon: Systems-Creation and Systems-Destruction 60  
     Interventions: The Duty of the Hegemon 63  
     Conclusion: The International System in the Twenty-First Century 69  
     Note 70  
     Works Cited 70  
  Chapter 3: State and Power Vulnerability 72  
     Sources of Systemic State Vulnerability 73  
     Systemic Reach of State Vulnerability 77  
     Prescriptions: The Balance of Power Containment Foreign Policy 82  
     Conclusion 89  
     Notes 90  
     Works Cited 90  
  Chapter 4: Economic Vulnerability 92  
     Sources of Systemic Economic Vulnerability 93  
     Systemic Reach of Economic Vulnerability 98  
        Russia: The Limits of Revisionism 98  
        United States Power: The Economy as Architect and Achilles Heel 100  
        China’s Domestic Overstretch 102  
        Overview 103  
     Prescriptions: Economic Development and Global Governance3 104  
     Conclusion 111  
     Notes 112  
     Works Cited 112  
  Chapter 5: Environmental and Health Vulnerabilities 114  
     Sources of Environmental/Health Systemic Vulnerability 115  
     Systemic Reach 120  
     Potential Prescriptions: Working Within Disembedded Liberalism 129  
     Conclusion 136  
     Works Cited 137  
  Chapter 6: Political Vulnerabilities and Transnational Threats 139  
     Sources of Systemic Political Vulnerabilities 140  
     Systemic Reach of Political Vulnerability 146  
     Potential Prescriptions: Smarter Strategies 151  
        Silence is Golden Strategy and the Mushroom Effect: The Lessons of Sun Tzu 154  
     Conclusion 158  
     Notes 159  
     Works Cited 159  
  Chapter 7: Cyber-Vulnerability 161  
     Sources of Systemic Cyber-Vulnerabilities 162  
     Systemic Reach of Cyber-Vulnerabilities 169  
     Potential Prescriptions: No Easy Task 174  
     Conclusions 178  
     Works Cited 179  
  Chapter 8: Recommendations: Desecuritization, Prioritization and Defensive Foreign Policy 182  
     Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century: Toward a Defensive Foreign Policy 183  
     Systemic Vulnerabilities: Decision-Makers and Thinking 187  
     Priortization Through Desecuritization: Shifting Focus1 190  
        Desecuritization as a Process of Reprioritization 195  
        Ranked Order of Prioritization 196  
     Public Goods and Human Security: Systems Survival 201  
     Conclusion 205  
     Note 205  
     Works Cited 205  
  Chapter 9: Think Weak, Act Weak: A Look into State Mentalities 207  
     Introduction 207  
     Mentalities and the Process of Mutual Constitution: The Framework 209  
        How Are Mentalities Created? 212  
        How Do States Understand Themselves? 215  
        How are Their Interests Formed and Generated? 218  
     Mentalities of Weakness, Greatness, Overstretch and Death 220  
     Concluding Remarks 227  
     Notes 228  
     Works Cited 229  
  Chapter 10: Conclusions 230  
     Contradictions and Strong Objectivity 233  
     Final Words 235  
     Note 236  
     Works Cited 236  
  Works Cited 238  
  Index 251  


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