Short description:

Reflecting the profound changes in international society in the past decade and the challenges that all Powers? diplomacy and statecraft face, whether opposing or encouraging these changes, this fully revised and updated edition provides a unique multi-faceted assessment by experts of the new international order.

Long description:

Reflecting the profound changes in international society in the past decade and the challenges that all Powers? diplomacy and statecraft face, whether opposing or encouraging these changes, this fully revised and updated edition provides a unique multifaceted assessment by experts of the new international order.

Built around the thesis that Great Power rivalry dominated after the end of the Cold War, it examines how this multi-polarity has become more extreme. The Handbook assesses the diplomacy and statecraft of individual powers in seven key sections:

? The Context of Diplomacy

? The Great Powers

? Middle Powers

? Developing Powers

? International Organisations and Military Alliances

? The International Economy

? Issues of Conflict and Co-operation

It shows how diplomacy and statecraft have transformed on issues such as the evolving "America First" strategy; the strengthening of the People?s Republic of China; the growth of non-state actors in foreign policy; the unravelling of international arms control agreements; the aggressive nature of Russian foreign policy; and the emergence of major armed conflicts and the rise of terrorism and armed insurgencies around the world.

It will be of interest to government and non-governmental actors, established scholars and students in the fields of international relations, history, and military studies.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: Diplomacy and Statecraft in an Era of Increasing International Anarchy  Part I The Context of Diplomacy  Chapter 1 The Value of Diplomatic History in a Changing World  Chapter 2: Theorising Diplomacy  Part II The Great Powers  Chapter 3: Imperial Recessional: The Erosion of American Predominance during the George W. Bush, Obama, and Trump Administrations  Chapter 4: China?s Rise and the New World Order  Chapter 5: Brexit, British Foreign Policy, and Governance  Chapter 6: Unravelling the Enigma: Russian Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century  Chapter 7: France: A European Middle Power with Still a Global Ambition  Chapter 8: German Foreign Policy and Statecraft since 2000: Regional Hegemon, Global Dwarf?  Chapter 9: Alliance versus Alliance "Plus": Japanese Foreign Policy Post-9/11   Part III Middle Powers  Chapter 10: Australian Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century  Chapter 11: Changing Contours of Indian Diplomacy under Narendra Modi   Chapter 12: The End of the Innocence: Canada and the Fading Liberal International Order  Chapter 13: Austria?s Foreign Policy in the Early Twenty-first Century: Between Domestic Restraints and an International Agenda  Chapter 14: Change in Turkey?s Foreign Policy: Global Shifts and Domestic Politics  Part IV Developing Powers  Chapter 15: Change and Continuity in Cuba?s Foreign Relations  Chapter 16: Peru: A Model for Latin American Diplomacy and Statecraft  Chapter 17: Thailand: A Master of Reinvention through Diplomacy  Chapter 18: Indonesia's Foreign Policy since Reformasi  Part V International Organisations and Military Alliances  Chapter 19: The European Union in International Relations: Great Power under Strain?  Chapter 20: Human Rights in an Illiberal World   Chapter 21: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and Its Current Challenges  Chapter 22: The United States, Israel, and the Conflict over Iran, 2009-2019  Part VI The International Economy  Chapter 23: The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank: From Institutional Anchors of Liberalism to Geopolitical Rivalry?  Chapter 24: The Belt and Road Initiative: Prospects and Pitfalls   Chapter 25: Regionalism in the Global South: Understanding the Evolution of Mercosur  Chapter 26: The Globalised International Economy: The Need to Rebuild international Co-operation  Chapter 27: Measuring Globalisation: Myths, Trends, and Variation across Countries  Part VII Issues of Conflict and Co-operation  Chapter 28:  Nuclear Modernisation and the Disdain for Arms Control and the Non-Proliferation Regime  Chapter 29: The Return of Great Power Competition and the Importance of Military Statecraft  Chapter 30: The Middle East: Strategic and Military Balance of Power   Chapter 31: The Balance of Power in South Asia  Chapter 32: Non-governmental Organisations and International Security: Navigating the New Global (dis)Order  Chapter 33: Personal Diplomacy  Chapter 34: From Soft Power to Reputational Security: Rethinking Public Diplomacy and Cultural Diplomacy for a Dangerous Age  Chapter 35: Three Strikes and You?re Out? Implications of "Hyper-Globalisation,"  the New Cold War, and the Coronavirus for the Future of Multilateralism