Globalization Multipolarity and Great Power Competition

Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
	Research Hypothesis
		Theoretical Framework: Structural Realism and Change
	Review of Major Concepts: Globalization and Multipolarity
		Globalization Literature
			Multipolarity
		Summary: The Contradiction of Competitive International Politics and Globalization
	Chapter Outline
	Conclusions
	Works Cited
2 Evolution of the International System Since the End of the Cold War
	Introduction
	Entering Unipolarity: The United States as the World’s Sole Superpower
	The Rise of China
	Russia After the Soviet Union
	Status Quo Reactions to the Rise of Revisionist Powers: Trump’s Foreign Policy
	Conclusions
	Note
	Works Cited
3 Rise of Geopolitical Competition
	Understanding Geopolitics and Competing Great Power Grand Strategies in an Evolving International System
	Buffer States and Power Vacuums: The Importance of Reducing Fragility
	Conclusions
	Works Cited
4 Weak and Fragile States in Multipolarity
	Introduction
	Weak States Defined
	The Structure of the International System: Transactions Between Grand Strategies
	The Washington Consensus, The Belt and Road, The BUILD Act: Developing Dependencies and Controlling the International System
	China’s Economic Grand Strategy: Replacing the United States as Hegemon
	Conclusions: The International System Reconceptualized
	Note
	Works Cited
5 Resource Security and the Changing International System
	Multipolarity and Resource Security
	Militarizing Supply Chains for Strategic Ends
	Conclusions
	Works Cited
6 Nationalism and Globalization in Multipolarity: Unraveling of the Global Order
	Introduction
	Understandings Nationalism and Its Resilience in the Face of Globalization
		Globalization as a Product of National Power: A Comparative History
	Understanding Nationalism and Prestige in Today’s Multipolar System
	The Continuing Relevance of Nationalism and Great Power Exceptionalism
	Conclusions: A Nationalism/Globalization Dialectic?
	Works Cited
7 Conclusions: The Multipolar Future
	Accepting Multipolarity and an Offensive Realist World
	Option 1: Exploring the Possibility of War: Power Vacuums and International Instability
	Option 2: Exploring the Possibility of Decoupling From China: A New Cold War?
	Option 3: Economic Cooperation and Political Governance: Keeping Globalization Alive
	Three Options: Summation
	Final Words
	Notes
	Works Cited
Index