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100			_aEdström, Håkan _eAuthor.
245			_aMILITARY STRATEGY OF MIDDLE POWERS : _bcompeting for security, influence, and status in the 21st century / _cHåkan Edström, Jacob Westberg
260			_aNewyork : _bRoutledge, _c2022.
300			_a228p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aMilitary Strategy of Middle Powers explores to what degree twenty-first-century middle powers adjust their military strategies due to changes in the international order, such as the decline in US power. The overarching objective of the book is to explain continuity and change in the strategies of a group of middle powers during the twenty-first century. These strategies are described, compared, and explained through the lens of Realism. In order to find potential explanations for change or continuity within the cases, as well as for similarities and differences between the cases, the strategies of 11 ‘middle’ powers are analysed (Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa, India, Japan, and South Korea). This group of countries are considered similar in several important aspects, primarily regarding relative power capacity. When searching for potential explanations for different strategic behaviours among the middle powers, their unique regional characteristics are a key focus and, consequently, the impact of the structure and polarity, as well as the patterns of amity and enmity, of the regional context are analysed. The empirical investigation is focused on security strategies used since the terrorist attacks 9/11 2001, which was one of the first major challenges to US hegemony. This book will be of much interest to students of military and strategic studies, foreign policy, and International Relations in general
546			_aEnglish.
650			_aStrategy.
650			_aMiddle powers.
650			_aWorld politics _x21st century.
650			_aSecurity, International.
700			_aWestberg, Jacob _eauthor.
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