The Fall and Rise of National Interest: A Contemporary Approach

Introduction
Defining, or Not Defining, That Is the Question
The Use of NI
An Intrinsic Need
An Evolving Concept
Plan of the book
References
Contents
Abbreviations
1 National Interest Between the State and the Global
	Before the State
	The Westphalia System of States
	From Revolution to European Restoration
	Breaking the Balance
	NI and the Cold War
	NI in an Amorphous System
	Globalisation, Crises, de-Globalisation
	From Efficiency to Security
	Conclusion
	References
2 Tracing National Interest
	Introduction
		Writing on National Interest
		National Interest in Theory
		A Realist Conception of NI
	Norms and Structure in Defining National Interest
	Looking Inside for NI
		Institutions and NI
		Constructing Interests
		An Emotionally Defined NI
	Interpreting a Role and Setting NI
	Conclusion
	References
3 The Antinomies of National Interest
	Public and National Interest
	Hubris and Phronesis
	Rational and Emotional
	Objective and Subjective
	High and Low Politics
	Secrecy and Transparency
	Government and Opposition
	Personification of NI and General Will
	Routine and Emergency Politics
	From Outside to the Inside
	Conclusion
	References
4 National Interest and Brexit
	Exiting the EU
	The Essentials Features of NI and Brexit
	A Divisive Choice
	A Misleading Brexit Campaign
	Losing Leverage?
	Territorial Integrity at Risk
	Conclusion
	References
5 Does a European Interest Exist?
	The EU’s Interest Through Theoretical Lens
	A Least  Common Denominator?
	Transforming NIs in European Interest
	The Survival of NIs
	External Catalysators: A European Interest Forged in Crisis?
	Conclusion
	Epilogue
	References
Epilogue
References
Index