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We tend to think of ourselves as living in a time when nations, for the most part, obey the rule of law - and where they certainly don't engage in the violent grabs for territory that have characterised so much of human history. But as Rob de Wijk shows in this book, power politics very much remains a force on the international scene. Offering analyses of such actions as Putin's annexation of the Crimea and China's attempts to claim large parts of the South China Sea, de Wijk explains why power politics never truly went away-and why, as the West's position weakens, it's likely to play a bigger and bigger role on the global stage in the coming years.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. --- Balance of power. --- Power, Balance of --- Power politics --- International relations --- Political realism --- Politics.

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This book examines the responses to U.S. power in the two areas of the world where U.S. primacy was first successfully consolidated: East Asia and Latin America. The U.S. has faced no comparably powerful challengers to the exercise of its power in Latin America for much of the past century. It established its primacy over much of East Asia in the aftermath of WW II and extended its influence in the late 1970's and after the end of the Vietnam War through its entente with China to balance the Soviet Union. By contrast, the U.S. has always encountered rivals and challengers in Europe, has attemp

Balance of power. --- Power, Balance of --- Power politics --- International relations --- Political realism --- United States --- East Asia --- Latin America --- Foreign relations

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"The global system of alliances that the United States built after the Second World War underpinned the stability and prosperity of the postwar order. But during the 20th century, the multilateral NATO alliance system in Europe and the bilateral San Francisco alliance system in Asia rarely interacted. This changed in the early 21st century, as US allies came together to fight and stabilise conflicts in the Middle East and Central Asia. This volume presents the first-ever comparative study of US alliances in Europe and Asia from the perspectives of US allies: the challenges, opportunities and shifting dynamics of these fundamental pillars of order. This volume is essential reading for those interested in contemporary and future regional and global security dynamics." --

Balance of power. --- Alliances. --- United States --- Foreign relations --- Alliances --- Treaties of alliance --- Power, Balance of --- Power politics --- Law and legislation --- International relations --- Treaties --- Political realism

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The volume collects a series of contributions that help reconstruct the recent history of the Nath tradition, highlighting important moments of self-reinterpretation in the sampradaya's interaction with different social milieus. The leitmotif tying together the selection of articles is the authors' explorations of the overlap between religious authority and political power. For example, in which ways do the Naths' hagiographical claim of possessing yogic charisma (often construed as supernatural powers, siddhis) translate into mundane expressions of socio-political power? And how does it morph into the authority to reinterpret and recreate particular traditions? The articles approach different aspects of the recent history of the Nath sampradaya, spanning from stories of yogis guiding kings in the petty principalities of the eighteenth century to gurus who sought prominence in the transnational environments of the twentieth century; examining some Nath lineages and institutions under the British Raj, in the history of Nepal, and in contemporary India.

Nātha sect. --- HEALTH & FITNESS / Yoga. --- Hindu sects --- Yogi, Power, Politics, Asceticism. --- Nātha sect --- History. --- Social aspects. --- Political aspects. --- Religion and politics.

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World history --- anno 1700-1799 --- World politics --- -Balance of power --- Power, Balance of --- Power politics --- International relations --- Political realism --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Political science --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- Balance of power. --- Balance of power