Regional Powers Still Matter!

Titel: Regional Powers Still Matter!
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Veröffentlicht: Hamburg, 2018
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Sprache: Englisch
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GIGA Focus Global ; Bd. 2
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Zusammenfassung: Abstract: Economic and domestic political crises as well as global structural shifts that have resulted in a much tighter interconnection of events, actors, and institutions across the national, regional, and global levels have called into question the ability of so-called regional powers, such as Brazil, India, and South Africa, to have a serious impact on global politics in the remainder of the twenty-first century. Regional powers have been considered important contributors to regional and global order because they are expected to, for example, ensure stability and effective regional cooperation in a world that is increasingly difficult to govern. Yet, the actual outcomes of their regional projections have been mixed. While some regional powers, such as Brazil or South Africa, seem to have lost clout in the past few years, other countries, such as Saudi Arabia or Turkey, are striving for regional power status. Regional powers face contradictory demands in regard to their global and region