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Military strategy in an era of unipolar demise : exploring strategic diversity among nations / Håkan Edström and Jacob Westberg

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • Military strategy in an era of unipolar demise : exploring strategic diversity among nations / Håkan Edström and Jacob Westberg
Auteur(s)
Autre(s) auteur(s)
Publication
  • Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025
Description matérielle
  • 1 volume (XII-300 pages) : illustrations, tableaux ; 24 cm
Collection
  • CASS military studies
ISBN
  • 978-1-0328-8973-3
  • 1-03-288973-X
  • 1-03-288972-1
  • 978-1-0328-8972-6
EAN
  • 9781032889733 broché
Appartient à la collection
  • Cass military studies
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 327.116
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliographie en fin de chapitres. Notes bibliographiques. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • Contents List of figures and tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1 Introducing the scope of the book Part I Theoretical and methodological considerations 2 Exploring strategic diversity 3 Defining and selecting great powers and middle powers 4 Regional dynamics and unit-level characteristics 5 The constitutive elements of defence strategy Part II Empirical exploration 6 The international order and the international system 7 The ends 8 The alignment strategies 9 The means 10 The ways Part III Conclusions 11 Conclusions: exploring strategic diversity in an era of unipolar demise Appendix 1: Military expenditures in constant (2022) USD billion Index
Résumé ou extrait
  • "This book presents a systematic comparison of the military strategies pursued by (5) great powers, (8) major-middle powers and (8) middle powers during the early 21st century. In addition to mapping the strategic priorities of these states, the study develops and applies a theoretical framework to explain differences and similarities in their strategic priorities. Moreover, the work evaluates how the stability of the present international system, and the US-led liberal international order, are affected by the strategies pursued by the United States and other leading states. The book aims to contribute to previous research in three ways. First, it intervenes in the debate on the stability of the unipolar system and the US-led international order by offering a theoretical framework and an empirical approach for exploring and explaining the strategic priorities and defence strategies of different categories of states. Second, it aims to fill a void in research on strategy - the lack of a comparative and systematic approach to contemporary strategy that facilitates and guides systematic comparisons and analyses of the alignment and military strategies pursued by both major powers and less powerful states. Third, it provides an empirical contribution to the debate on the stability of the unipolar system and the US-led international order by presenting a documentation of the strategic priorities of 21 states based on primary sources, consisting of official documents such as national security and defence strategies and defence bills. In the conclusion, the authors summarise the empirical findings on the system level, the regional level, and the unit-level, and present their overarching conclusions for the whole project. This book will be of much interest to students of military and strategic studies, defence studies, foreign policy and International Relations in general." (pages liminaires)
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