Strategic and Geopolitical Issues in the Contemporary World
ISBN: 9781443848220
Vydavatelství: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Rok vydání: 2013
Vazba: Hardback
Počet stran: 360
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This latter aspect brings along not only the rise of secessionist movements, violating territorial integrity as the core principle of the international community, but also a redefinition of one of the key characteristics of a sovereign state, namely international recognition. Kosovo, South Ossetia and South Sudan are showcase examples of this emerging trend.
Will be the 21st century defined by rivalries between national (super) powers, and not by the supremacy of collective universitas or overlapping sovereignties, replacing sovereign states as expected by the New Middle Age theorists? Which will be the dominant power in a multipolar world – the rapidly-weakening United States, on the one hand, or an ever more confident China, aspiring to regain the status of the world"s strongest economy? This volume provides expert insights and answers from American, Europan, Asian and African specialists.