Regional leadership in the global system: ideas, interests and strategies of regional powers/ edited by Daniel Flemes. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., c2010. - xii, 394 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SECTION 1 THEORIES AND ANALYTICAL CONCEPTS
1 Dimensions of Hard Power: Regional Leadership and Material
Capabilities
Douglas Lemke
2 Power, Leadership and Hegemony in International Politics
Dirk Nabers
3 The Foreign Economic Policies of Regional Powers
in the Developing World
Philip Nel ami Matthew Stephen
SECTION 2 FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGIES OF REGIONAL POWERS
4 Brazil: Strategic Options in the Changing World Order
Daniel Flemes
5 India: Foreign Policy Strategy between Interests and Ideas
Salma Bava
6 Israel: Regional Politics in a Highly Fragmented Region
Martin Beck
SECTION 3 IDEA-DRIVEN FOREIGN POLICIES OF REGIONAL
POWERS
7 South Africa: The Idea-driven Foreign Policy ofa Regional Power
Deon GeUlenhuys
8 Iran and Venezuela: Ideology-driven Foreign Policies in Comparison
Ik'WK'f Fiirlig ami Susannc Grafiiis
9 Brazil: The Underlying Ideas of Regional Policies
Matias Spektor
SECTION 4 DOMESTIC FACTORS' IMPACT ON FOREIGN
POLICIES
10 China: Domestic Sources of its Soft Power Strategy in East Asia
Mingjiang Li
11 Russia: The Federal Relations' Impact on Foreign Policy
Irina Bus vgina
12 India: The Interaction of Internal and External Factors
in Foreign Policy
Joachim Bctz
SECTION 5 IMPLICATIONS FOR EUROPE AND THE US
13 The European Union: 'Regional Power*. 'Global Pole".
'Paper Tiger' - or What?
Hans J. Giessmann
14 France. Germany. UK: Responses of Traditional
to Rising Regional Powers
Hurtmut Mayer
15 USA: Responding to Rising Powers with a Grand Strategy
or "Muddling Through"?
Mark Brawlev

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Regionalism (International organization)
Middle powers.
World politics

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