LEADER 04010nam 2200469 450 001 9910825660703321 005 20210304014053.0 010 $a0-2280-0488-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000011509377 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6370273 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6370273 035 $a(OCoLC)1158017904 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011509377 100 $a20210304d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aCoping with geopolitical decline $ethe United States in European perspective /$fFrederic Merand 210 1$aMontreal, Canada ;$aLondon, England ;$aChicago, Illinois :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d[2020] 210 4$d2020 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aHuman dimensions in foreign policy, military studies, and security studies 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-2280-0352-0 327 $aWhat Is Decline? / Jonathan Sachs The Culture of Decline in Later Byzantium / Cecily Hilsdale Defeat and Decline: Understanding Military Failure in Victorian Britain and in America after Vietnam and Iraq / Richard Lachmann Decline in Denial: France since 1945 / Olivier Schmitt Resisting Decline: Russia, the West, and Eurasia / Virginie Lasnier and Sec?kin Ko?stem American Decline and Performative War, or How to Do Things with Force / Julian Go Adjusting to Rise and Coping with Decline: The China-US Relationship in Historical and Theoretical Context / Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson American Decline, Liberal Hegemony, and the Transformation of World Politics / G. John Ikenberry 330 $a"How great powers react to their inevitable decline shapes their own destiny as well as the course of international politics. Leaders can decide to engage with others or isolate themselves; to build alliances or initiate war; to stoke up nationalism or invest in innovation; to focus on economic competition or develop their people's soft power. While some of these coping strategies foster cooperation, others provoke conflict with neighbours. In Coping with Geopolitical Decline leading political scientists, historians, and sociologists explore the strategies adopted by leaders and domestic elites to prevent, reverse, or deny the decline of their country. Analyzing four European cases (Byzantium, England, France, Russia) before turning to the contemporary debate in the United States, they argue that geopolitics is not fate. Coping strategies depend on the context, which includes cultural representations of decline, the experience of military defeat, and domestic politics. Whether elites choose to modernize their economy, bolster their diplomatic status, or launch preventive war makes a difference in the extent and speed of a country's decline. By the same token, coping strategies affect world order. A well-managed decline allows for a peaceful power transition. Some strategies, however, may preserve the peace at the expense of a country's standing, while others will stave off decline but encourage imperialist adventures or precipitate military conflicts. As the United States challenges the liberal international order, fights back China's ascendency, and reconsiders its traditional alliances, Coping with Geopolitical Decline analyzes key lessons from Europe's experience and provides comparative insight into the likely dynamics of cooperation and conflict in the twenty-first century."-- Provided by publisher 410 0$aHuman dimensions in foreign policy, military studies, and security studies 606 $aGeopolitics$zEurope 606 $aGeopolitics$zUnited States 615 0$aGeopolitics 615 0$aGeopolitics 676 $a320.12 702 $aMerand$b Frederic$f1976- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825660703321 996 $aCoping with geopolitical decline$94016329 997 $aUNINA