Justin Massie - Americas Allies and the Decline of Us Hegemony

How do Americas democratic allies perceive and respond to a relative decline in U.S. power and influence and the simultaneous rise of China? Using the case studies of Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, and Southeast Asian countries, this book offers a broad assessment of the perceptions of threat and the strategies used by these allies to cope with the relative decline of Americas hegemonic power, the rise of China and the transforming world order.

In answering these central questions, contributors focus on two complementary analytical approaches. The first examines the perceptions of systemic changes by Americas allies: How are U.S. allies framing this issue and what kind of political discourse is emerging with regards to it? The second approach focuses on the concrete foreign policy and defense strategies put forward by these allies. The book explores the extent to which U.S. allies are willing to support U.S. hegemony and considers the democratic allies understanding of the international structure, their relations to the United States, and their own aspirations in this changing world order.

This book will be of interest to general readers as well as scholars and students of U.S. foreign policy, foreign policy analysis, and international relations.

Justin Massie is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Quebec in Montreal.

Jonathan Paquin is Professor of Political Science at Universit Laval.

Series Editors:

Christopher Alden

London School of Economics, UK

Amnon Aran

City University of London, UK

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Americas Allies and the Decline of U.S. Hegemony

Edited by Justin Massie and Jonathan Paquin

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Names: Massie, Justin, editor. | Paquin, Jonathan, 1975- editor.

Title: Americas allies and the decline of US hegemony / edited by Justin Massie and Jonathan Paquin.

Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. | Series: Foreign policy analysis | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019036292 (print) | LCCN 2019036293 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367201982 (hardback) | ISBN 9780429260124 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: United StatesForeign relations21st century. | HegemonyUnited States. | World politics21st century.

Classification: LCC JZ1480 .A977 2020 (print) | LCC JZ1480 (ebook) | DDC 327.73dc23

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