...This concluding chapter addresses the book's implications, arguing that there is indisputable evidence that religious appeals can be an important part of power politics. However, conditions often combine in an unstable manner, producing the unexpected effects of religious legitimation discussed...

... power politics that today's orthodoxies in U.S. grand strategy make hard to imagine, let alone think about carefully. The chapter then concludes with commentary for policy practitioners seeking to make selective accommodation work. alliance competition China great power competition India reward...

... Christensen Thomas J Deng Xiaoping Japan Weiss Jessica Chen great power politics security studies international relations theory time horizons uncertainty intentions Almost a century and a half ago, in an 1870 essay titled “Wanted, a Statesman!,” the American preacher and author James Freeman Clarke...

... to compete intensely with each other for greater security, power, and strategic advantage. The chapter focuses on understanding why power politics endure in the nuclear age, which not only solve a puzzle for international relations theory but also provides vital insights into the requirements of nuclear...

... world wars, the book artfully analyzes the past and future performance of wedge strategy in great power politics. It argues that nations attempting to use wedge strategy do best when they credibly accommodate likely or established allies of their enemies. It also argues that a divider's own alliances...

... free trade area (FTA) in October 1956, before finally seeking to associate their own economic grouping with the common market? It argues that these events are best understood as the product of balance of power politics. Specifically, the global distribution of power made European cooperation possible...

... exist and how those fears are justified. The nuclear age remains an age of power politics. assured destruction capabilities assured retaliation capabilities existential deterrence capabilities mutual assured destruction MAD North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO Soviet Union United States...

...This chapter examines the difference between Thucydides and Hobbes on the issue of justice. The difference between what should be and what is reverberates in Thucydides' moral dramas. All the characters recognize the tension between justice and the demands of power politics. Thucydides equates...

... in 1954? Why did West Germany welcome the French proposal for a Europe an army and sign and ratify the EDC treaty? And why did Britain refuse to become involved in the EDC negotiations? It argues that these events were the consequence of balance of power politics: the power configuration that made...

...This concluding chapter explores the implications of the theory for great power politics as China continues to rise in the twenty-first century. If significant quantities of Persian Gulf oil could be realistically transported overland, away from U.S. naval interference, then the future threat...

...This introductory chapter provides an overview of the role of religion in international power politics. Many states appeal to religion to justify their policies when engaging in international power politics. That is, they justify attempts to build international coalitions by pointing to religion...

...This chapter begins by defining religious appeals and power politics. Religious appeals refer to the invocation of religion in order to justify policies or critique a rival. States can use religious appeals in many contexts, but the book focuses primarily on international power politics. According...

... Arabia deployed religious appeals as a serious and strategic tool in its power politics. It considers the conditions affecting the appeals' impact: Saudi Arabia's credibility on Islamic issues and the material disincentives of target states to join its Islamic Pact. This limited the ability of Saudi...