The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: China, the European Union, and the United States in the Twenty-First Century

Chapter 4 focuses on soft law’s second-order consequences for rising regulatory powers. One of the key puzzles in the international regulation of finance is the persistence of cooperation even as the number of economic great powers increases. The emergence of the European Union as a financial rule-maker in the late 1990s and early 2000s, roughly on par with the United States, resulted in a transatlantic alignment of regulatory approaches, not conflict over the fundamentals. This chapter demonstrates how soft law was used by reform-minded factions in Europe to legitimize their claims and tip in their favor political contests over the modernization of internal regulation. International soft law served as a mechanism of endogenous change, helping to foster a great power preference alignment along market-friendly paths and setting the stage for the financial crisis.

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“Don’t Do Stupid Shit”

Fourteen Points for the Twenty-First Century ◽

10.5810/kentucky/9780813179001.003.0015 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 294-318

Author(s):

Christopher Preble ◽

William Ruger

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Foreign Relations ◽

The United States ◽

Barack Obama ◽

International Order ◽

Great Powers ◽

First Century ◽

Woodrow Wilson ◽

New Strategy ◽

Twenty First Century

This chapter uses a quote by Barack Obama to outline how foreign relations in the twenty-first century, especially for great powers such as the United States, should be handled with deftness, caution, and prudence. It emphasizes the idea that people often take action without knowing the consequences. The authors highlight the need for wisdom, patience, and restraint in important political situations and argue that Obama’s diplomatic approach provides a good model when considering a new strategy to replace approaches that have proved ineffective, counterproductive, or disruptive to what remains of the international order Woodrow Wilson helped forge.

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Grand Strategy in 10 Words

10.46692/9781529217537 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sven Biscop

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

European Union ◽

21St Century ◽

The United States ◽

World Politics ◽

Great Powers ◽

Grand Strategy ◽

The European Union ◽

Strategic Decisions ◽

Key Terms

This book introduces ten key terms for analysing grand strategy and shows how the world's great powers - the United States, China, Russia and the European Union (EU) - shape their strategic decisions today and shows how the choices made will determine the course of world politics in the first half of the 21st century.

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Threats and Dangers in the Twenty-First Century

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190680015.013.34 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Christopher J. Fettweis

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Psychological Factors ◽

The United States ◽

Great Powers ◽

First Century ◽

The Past ◽

Twenty First Century

Security is relative. No state is ever fully safe, just as no individual is ever completely free from danger. However, when U.S. security is considered next to that of any other state, it is hard to reach the conclusion that Washington faces much serious danger. The United States is simultaneously the safest and most fearful of all the great powers of the twenty-first century. This chapter discusses some of the structural and psychological factors that led to the overestimation of danger so common among U.S. analysts and policymakers. Why is it that many serious observers continue to believe that the current era is so dangerous, and even look to the past with a sense of nostalgia? Why do we fear so much?

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The United States and the Great Powers: World Politics in the Twenty-First Century and American Foreign Policy in a New Era

Perspectives on Politics ◽

10.1017/s1537592706660271 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 4 (02) ◽

Author(s):

Glenn Hastedt

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

American Foreign Policy ◽

The United States ◽

World Politics ◽

Great Powers ◽

First Century ◽

New Era ◽

Twenty First Century

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Book Review: Barry Buzan, The United States and the Great Powers — World Politics in the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2004, 240 pp., £15.99 pbk., £55 hbk.)

Millennium Journal of International Studies ◽

10.1177/03058298060340030906 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 981-983

Author(s):

Rita Taureck

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

World Politics ◽

Great Powers ◽

First Century ◽

Twenty First Century

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Russian Federation and the United States of America: geostrategic directions to manage the Ukrainian crisis

Tikrit Journal For Political Science ◽

10.25130/poltic.v0i16.143 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 123

Author(s):

Attarid Awadh Abdulhameed

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

European Union ◽

National Security ◽

Russian Federation ◽

United States Of America ◽

The United States ◽

The European Union ◽

The Usa ◽

Ukrainian Crisis ◽

Zero Sum

Ukrainia Remains of huge importance to Russian Strategy because of its Strategic importance. For being a privileged Postion in new Eurasia, without its existence there would be no logical resons for eastward Expansion by European Powers. As well as in Connection with the progress of Ukrainian is no less important for the USA (VSD, NDI, CIA, or pentagon) and the European Union with all organs, and this is announced by John Kerry. There has always ben Russian Fear and Fear of any move by NATO or USA in the area that it poses a threat to Russians national Security and its independent role and in funence on its forces especially the Navy Forces. There for, the Crisis manyement was not Zero sum game, there are gains and offset losses, but Russia does not accept this and want a Zero Sun game because the USA. And European exteance is a Foot hold in Regin Which Russian sees as a threat to its national security and want to monopolize control in the strategic Qirim.

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY ACTIVITY

Journal of look to the past ◽

10.26739/2181-9599-2019-22-11 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 74-79

Author(s):

Nargiza Sodikova ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

European Union ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

International Security ◽

The United States ◽

Foreign Affairs ◽

Modern Time ◽

The European Union ◽

National Interests ◽

French Foreign Policy

Important aspects of French foreign policy and national interests in the modern time,France's position in international security and the specifics of foreign affairs with the United States and the European Union are revealed in this article

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Ocena antykryzysowej polityki gospodarczej Stanów Zjednoczonych i wybranych państw członkowskich Unii Europejskiej w latach 2005–2014

10.31338/1641-2478pe.2.16.2 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 26-46

Author(s):

Marcin Jan Flotyński

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

European Union ◽

Financial Markets ◽

Global Economy ◽

Global Financial Crisis ◽

The United States ◽

The European Union ◽

High Volatility ◽

The Global Financial Crisis ◽

Domestic Products

The global financial crisis in 2007–2009 began a period of high volatility on the financial markets. Specifically, it caused an increased amplitude of fluctuations of the level of gross domestic products, the level of investment and consumption and exchange rates in particular countries. To address the adverse market circumstances, governments and central banks took actions in order to bolster the weakening global economy. The aim of this article is to present the anti-crisis actions in the United States and selected member states of the European Union, including Poland, and an assessment of their efficiency. The analysis conducted indicates that generally the actions taken in the United States in response to the crisis were faster and more adequate to the existing circumstances than in the European Union.

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