Description
National Role Conceptions in a New Millennium examines the transformation of the international system through an examination of the role conceptions adopted by the different global actors.
Advancing current role theory scholarship in International Relations, the contributors take as their starting point the question of how international actors are responding to the reordering of the global system. They reflect on the rise of new actors and the reemergence of old rivalries, the decline of established norms, and the unleashing of internal political forces such as nationalism and parochialism. They argue that changes in the international system can impact how states define their roles and act as a variable in both domestic and international role contestations. Further, they examine the redefinition of roles of countries and the international organizations that have been central to the US and western dominated world order, including major powers in the world (the US, Russia, China, Britain etc.) as well as the European Union, NATO, and ASEAN. By looking at international organizations, this text moves beyond the traditional subjects of role theory in the study of international relations, to examine how roles are contested in non-state actors.
National Role Conceptions in a New Millennium is the first attempt to delve into the individual motivations of states to seek role transition. As such, it is ideal for those teaching and studying both theory and method in international relations and foreign policy analysis.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction, Defining Roles in a Polycentric World
Michael Grossman, Francis Schortgen, and Gordon Friedrichs
Part 1: National Roles
2. Shrinking the U.S. leadership role: Populism and the Change of Domestic and International "Others"
Sebastian Harnisch & Gordon Friedrichs
3. The Evolution of Russia’s National Role Conceptions: From Cooperation to Great Power Competition
Michael Grossman
4. Taking Center Stage: China's New Role Assertiveness in the 21st-Century International System
Francis Schortgen
5. A Tenuous Island: The Destabilization of Britain’s Role in the International System of the 21st Century
Spencer Whyte
6. Berlin, We Have a Problem: Germany's Role Adaptability and the Transatlantic Security Community
Florian Böller
7. Contesting Japan’s International Role: The Responses of Japanese Non-Governmental Organizations to the Transformation of Japanese ODA Policy
Kamila Szczepanska
Part 2: Institutional Roles
8. The EU’s Self-Conception of Its Roles in Global Affairs
Rikard Bengtsson
9. NATO's Role Transitions in a Changing International System
Sebastian Mayer
10. ASEAN: The Center of Asian Regionalization? A Model for a Global Future?
Joel Campbell
11. The Organization of American States’ role as facilitator of democracy promotion: Persuasion and social influence during the political crisis in Venezuela
Gordon Friedrichs
12. Conclusion, Turbulence in the 21st Century International Order
Francis Schortgen, Gordon Friedrichs, and Michael Grossman
