Diplomatic Strategies of Nations in the Global South: The Search for Leadership

✍ Scribed by Jacqueline Braveboy-Wagner (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 456
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

At a time of change in the international system, this book examines how non-traditional leading nations from the Global South have fared to date and what the chances are of their rise to continue. In the second decade of the twenty-first century, the enthusiasm of observers of the international scene about the “rise of the rest” is waning as many countries that were expected to lead the evolving multipolar order are experiencing economic contraction and governance problems. In order to predict further developments, the contributors to this volume focus on the types and sources of the diplomatic strategies that must be executed by rising states if they are to preserve domestic advances as well as gain influence regionally and internationally. Through a comprehensive examination of case studies from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, they show that while there are commonalities among these rising states, unique domestic conditions, values, and traditions impact and predict diplomatic strategizing and the ability for sustained projection on the international scene.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction: Rise of Which Global South States?....Pages 1-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Brazil’s International Rise in the Twenty-First Century: Ambitions and Difficulties....Pages 27-58
Aspiring to Be a Global Power: China’s Activism in the Global South....Pages 59-91
From Reluctance to Readiness: India’s Foreign Policy and Diplomatic Strategies in the Twenty-First Century....Pages 93-123
South Africa in Africa and the World: The Diplomatic Strategies of a Global–Regional Power....Pages 125-151
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Egypt as a Leading Nation: Regional Imperatives and Domestic Constraints....Pages 155-179
Iran’s Permanent Quest for Regional Power Status....Pages 181-211
Nigeria’s Diplomacy: The Challenges of Regional Power and Leadership in a Globalizing World....Pages 213-238
Uganda: A Mix of Strategies for Soft Power Goals....Pages 239-262
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: The Limits of Ideological Diplomacy and Regional Leadership....Pages 263-290
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Incapacity, Endowment, and Ambivalence: Deciphering Azerbaijan’s Regional Leadership Strategy....Pages 293-317
Cuba: Still Punching Above Its Weight....Pages 319-344
Qatar’s Global Activism: Pursuing Ambition in the Midst of Domestic and Regional Transitions....Pages 345-369
Senegal: A New West African Leader in a Globalized World?....Pages 371-391
The Diplomacy of Singapore: Rationality and Pitfalls....Pages 393-424
Conclusion: Lessons Learned....Pages 425-438
Back Matter....Pages 439-453

✦ Subjects

Comparative Politics;Diplomacy;Political Science;International Relations;African Politics;Political Economy