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Building Hegemonic Order Russia's Way

Order, Stability, and Predictability in the Post-Soviet Space

By: Michael O. Slobodchikoff

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Building Hegemonic Order Russia's Way

Order, Stability, and Predictability in the Post-Soviet Space

By: Michael O. Slobodchikoff

This book examines Russia’s emergence after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its creation of a security architecture in the post-Soviet space. Many scholars argue that Russia is a coercive power in the region that forces states to act in only its own interests. While acknowledging Russia’s power this author argues that it is not able to merely force states to behave as it wants them to. Instead, Russia must use bilateral and multilateral cooperation to develop a security architecture that provides order, stability and predictable behavior for both Russia as the hegemon and the weaker powers in the region. By building this security architecture, Russia and the other states in the post-Soviet space are better able to achieve their strategic goals and provide for their own security. To achieve this, weaker states are able to press for certain concessions from Russia regarding how to structure bilateral relations as well as multilateral organizations. While Western politicians have argued that Russia has tried to reestablish the Soviet Union through coercive means, the reality is much more of a nuanced interaction among all of the states in the region, which ensures state sovereignty while allowing the weaker states to pursue their own interests. Using network analysis, this author shows how the regional structural architecture of cooperation was built and indicate how Russia is able to achieve order. This book also shows that there is a lack of order where states have refused to cooperate in building the structural architecture, which has led to conflict and territorial disputes.

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Lexington Books

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0739185772

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Cultural Imperialism and the Decline of the Liberal Order

Russian and Western Soft Power in Eastern Europe

By: G. Doug Davis,Michael O. Slobodchikoff

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Cultural Imperialism and the Decline of the Liberal Order

Russian and Western Soft Power in Eastern Europe

By: G. Doug Davis,Michael O. Slobodchikoff

The end of the Cold War heralded in a new era for liberalism. Eastern European states adopted democracy and capitalism to gain acceptance by the West. Yet, a mere two decades later, liberalism was in crisis. The rise of illiberal democracies and nationalist movements in the second decade of the twenty-first century have left scholars baffled. How could this happen? Dr's. Davis and Slobodchikoff show that the decline of the liberal order lies within its own ideology: as it champions freedom, liberalism requires its adherents to give up their cultural traditions and adopt the global ethos to be legitimate. Through a systematic analysis of Western and Russian soft power in Poland and Serbia, the authors explain the decline of liberalism and the battle over the balance of power in Eastern Europe.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498585876

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Strategic Cooperation

Overcoming the Barriers of Global Anarchy

By: Michael O. Slobodchikoff

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Strategic Cooperation

Overcoming the Barriers of Global Anarchy

By: Michael O. Slobodchikoff

Power inequalities and mistrust have characterized many interstate relationships. Yet most international relations theories do not take into account power and mistrust when explaining cooperation. While some scholars argue that power relations inhibit cooperation between states, other scholars expect interstate cooperation regardless of the power relations and level of trust. Strategic Cooperation: Overcoming the Barriers of Global Anarchy argues that although states benefit from cooperation, they are also wary of the power relations between states, making cooperation difficult. Successful and cooperative bilateral relationships are formed between strong and weak states that are power asymmetric and have mistrust of one another, but they are built in such as way as to overcome the problem of power asymmetry and mistrust. This book answers how and why states that are in power asymmetry and have mistrust of one another are able to build a cooperative bilateral relationship. It argues that states forge a relationship due to strategic needs such as economic or security needs. Slobodchikoff has developed a database composed of the whole population of bilateral treaties between Russia and each of the former Soviet republics, and examines all of these bilateral relationships. He finds that Russia indeed forged relationships with the former republics based on its strategic interests. However, despite Russia's strategic interests, it had to build a bilateral relationship that would address the issues of mistrust and power asymmetry between the states. To achieve this, Russia and the former Soviet republics created treaty networks, which served to legitimize as well as legalize the independent status of each of the former republics while also increasing the cost to Russia of violating any of the treaties. This book argues that strong treaty networks account for a more cooperative relationship between states, allowing both states to cooperate by alleviating the problems of mistrust and power asymmetry.

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166

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0739178814

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9780739178812

The Challenge to NATO

Global Security and the Atlantic Alliance

By: Michael O. Slobodchikoff

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The Challenge to NATO

Global Security and the Atlantic Alliance

By: Michael O. Slobodchikoff

The Challenge to NATO is a concise review of NATO, its relationship with the United States, and its implications for global security.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1640124977

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9781640124974

India as Kingmaker

Status Quo or Revisionist Power

By: Michael Slobodchikoff,Aakriti A Tandon

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India as Kingmaker

Status Quo or Revisionist Power

By: Michael Slobodchikoff,Aakriti A Tandon

As India finds itself in the envious position of kingmaker, both the status quo and revisionist major powers are jockeying for India’s support for either upholding or revising the current world order. Using India’s bilateral treaties as a proxy measure of the strength of its relationship with other major powers, Slobodchikoff and Tandon determine whether India will remain neutral in its foreign policy approach or adopt a more assertive role in shaping the future global order. This book provides an in-depth analysis of India’s bilateral ties with major powers that include the United States, Russia, China, Japan, as well as the European Union (including the United Kingdom, France, and Germany) and uses network analysis to study India’s foreign policy positions with other major powers.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472220756

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9780472220755

Building Hegemonic Order Russia's Way

Order, Stability, and Predictability in the Post-Soviet Space

By: Michael O. Slobodchikoff

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Order, Stability, and Predictability in the Post-Soviet Space

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The Challenge to NATO

Global Security and the Atlantic Alliance

By: Michael O. Slobodchikoff

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Global Security and the Atlantic Alliance

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The Challenge to NATO is a concise review of NATO, its relationship with the United States, and its implications for global security.

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Cultural Imperialism and the Decline of the Liberal Order

Russian and Western Soft Power in Eastern Europe

By: G. Doug Davis,Michael O. Slobodchikoff

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Russian and Western Soft Power in Eastern Europe

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Book's by Michael O. Slobodchikoff

Building Hegemonic Order Russia's Way

Building Hegemonic Order Russia's Way

Cultural Imperialism and the Decline of the Liberal Order

Cultural Imperialism and the Decline of the Liberal Order

Strategic Cooperation

Strategic Cooperation

The Challenge to NATO

The Challenge to NATO

India as Kingmaker

India as Kingmaker

Building Hegemonic Order Russia's Way

Building Hegemonic Order Russia's Way

The Challenge to NATO

The Challenge to NATO

Cultural Imperialism and the Decline of the Liberal Order

Cultural Imperialism and the Decline of the Liberal Order

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