LEADER 03654nam 22006255 450 001 9910484440203321 005 20230810171446.0 010 $a3-030-54742-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-54742-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000011781424 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6511468 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6511468 035 $a(OCoLC)1244621137 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-54742-4 035 $a(PPN)259453757 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011781424 100 $a20210301d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmerican Grand Strategy from Obama to Trump $eImperialism After Bush and China's Hegemonic Challenge /$fby Zeno Leoni 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (279 pages) 311 $a3-030-54741-8 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Marxist theory of International Relations -- Chapter 3. US grand strategy and its contradictions -- Chapter 4. A post-American geopolitical world order: uneven development and the shifting balance of power -- Chapter 5. Obama?s grand strategy: between off-shore balancing and the ?pivot to Asia? -- Chapter 6. Trump?s grand strategy: The Obama Doctrine through the lenses of America First -- Chapter 7. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book maintains that the theory of imperialism should incorporate the concept of an ?operational code? of political elites to account for agencies? actions. This concept would explain the strategic continuity and tactical change in US grand strategy from Obama to Trump. While both presidents pursued a strategy of off-shore balancing, their competing worldviews led to tangible differences in the way they sought to restore American power after Bush and to contain the rise of China. This book offers an important contribution after the departure of Bush concluded the 21st century debate on imperialism, at a time when an increasingly post-American world order has undermined the ?end of the state? thesis. Indeed, over the last twelve years US grand strategy has emphasized inter-state competition rather than the annihilation of rogue regimes. These events require renewed efforts for the theory of imperialism to contribute to Globalisation Theory at this crucial historical junction. Zeno Leoni is a Teaching Fellow in ?Challenges to the International Order? at the Defence Studies Department of King?s College London, UK, and the Defence Academy of the UK. He is affiliated with the Lau China Institute at King?s College London and currently writes on the new Cold War between US and China. 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aAmerica$xPolitics and government 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aGlobalization 606 $aForeign Policy 606 $aAmerican Politics 606 $aGovernance and Government 606 $aGlobalization 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 0$aAmerica$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aGlobalization. 615 14$aForeign Policy. 615 24$aAmerican Politics. 615 24$aGovernance and Government. 615 24$aGlobalization. 676 $a973.932092 676 $a327.730090512 700 $aLeoni$b Zeno$0849252 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910484440203321 996 $aAmerican grand strategy from Obama to Trump$91896694 997 $aUNINA