Overview

When do rising powers fail to establish legitimate regional leadership and instead face contestation by their regional challengers? This book investigates how and why the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) project leadership in South America, post-Soviet Eurasia, South and Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa, respectively, and in what ways their main regional challengers respond. Based on a systematic conceptualization of the types and drivers of leadership and contestation, the authors assess the impact of the rise of regional powers on weaker states’ security, sovereignty, and status, as well as the consequences of contestation for regional economic development and stability and the regional powers’ bid for greater voice in global governance. By illuminating the sources and effects of power politics in five regions that are increasingly pivotal for the emerging world order, the volume offers a global comparative analysis of contemporary regional contested leadership that will interest scholars and students of international affairs, foreign policy, and area studies. 

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Author:   Hannes Ebert ,  Daniel Flemes
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2018 ed.
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9783030088378

ISBN 10:   3030088375
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   22 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Conceptualizing Contested Leadership in the Emerging OrderHannes Ebert and Daniel Flemes Part I: Contested Leadership in South America 2. Brazil's Strategic Leadership Gap: What comes after Emerging as a Power?Sean Burges 3. Colombia: Contestation by Institution-Building?Daniel Flemes and Rafael Castro Part II: Contested Leadership in sub-Saharan Africa 4. South Africa As A Regional PowerKaren Smith 5. The Foreign Policy of Africa's Secondary Powers: Do Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria Contest against South Africa?Soeren Scholvin Part III: Contested Leadership in East Asia 6. Contested Leadership of China in the Asia PacificHuiyun Feng and Kai He 7. Negotiating Chinese Initiative in Southeast AsiaAlice Ba Part IV: Contested Leadership in South Asia 8. India's Leadership in South AsiaSumit Ganguly 9. Delusions of Parity: Pakistan's Enduring Revisionism in a Nuclearized RivalryNicolas Blarel and Hannes Ebert Part V: Contested Leadership in Eurasia 10. Russia's Leadership in EurasiaNeil MacFarlane 11. Contestation toward Russia's Leadership in EurasiaStefan Meister 12. Conclusion: Comparing Dynamics of Regional Power PoliticsHannes Ebert and Daniel Flemes

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Hannes Ebert is Research Fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies. Daniel Flemes is Schumpeter Fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies. 

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