Power Vacuums and Global Politics: Areas of State and Non-state Competition in Multipolarity (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics)

Synopsis

In this book, Hanna Samir Kassab develops a theoretical framework which explains the formulation of power vacuums and examines their impact on the international system. A power vacuum is the fundamental absence of legitimate state authority over a geographic territory, and it is a space free of governance. With no state authority governing a geographical region, opportunistic states and organized criminal and terrorist networks may attempt to control that space. Using a variety of historical examples and centering his analysis on ungoverned spaces rather than great powers, Kassab uncovers neglected areas of great power competition. Part One discusses State Actors specifically the strategic space of the Arctic, the Middle East and Africa, and Afghanistan and Central Asia. Part Two examines Non-State Actors such as terrorist networks, organized criminal networks, and the formulation of paramilitaries. Power Vacuums and Global Politics is the perfect volume for both undergraduate and graduate courses in international relations, security studies, political science, comparative politics, international political economy and war and peace.

Copyright:

2023

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ISBN-13:

9781000901153

Related ISBNs:

9781032519197, 9781003404439, 9781032519210

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

06/23/23

Copyrighted By:

Hanna Samir Kassab. The right of Hanna Samir Kassab to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

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No

Language:

English

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Nonfiction, Politics and Government

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