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GREAT POWERS, WEAK STATES, AND INSURGENCY IBD

PATRICK W QUIRK
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
05 / 2018
9783319837321
Inglés

Sinopsis

This book offers an original and theoretically rich examination into the dynamics of alliances that great powers and weak states form to defeat threats, such as rebellion or insurgency, within the smaller stateâÇÖs borders. The author examines contemporary examples of such 'internal threat alliances,' including RussiaâÇÖs collaboration with SyriaâÇÖs Assad regime to defeat anti-government rebels and U.S. cooperation with AfghanistanâÇÖs ruling political elite to combat the Taliban. In each case, the weaker stateâÇÖs leadership wanted to remain in power while the great power sought to safeguard its interests linked to the regimeâÇÖs stability. The book adds to International Relations (IR) theory by presenting a distinct conceptual framework that explains why internal threat alliances form, why some are more cohesive than others, and why some are effective while others are not. It thusápromises to be of interest to IR scholars and students working in the areas of security studies, alliance dynamics, political violence, and civil war, but also to policy-makers grappling with how to salvage interests, such as access to natural resources or regional stability, imperiled by violence in weak states.