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Book SynopsisThe relationship between established powers and emerging powers is one of the most important topics in world politics. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated how the leading state in the international system responds to rising powers in peripheral regionsactors that are not yet and might never become great powers but that are still increasing their strength, extending their influence, and trying to reorder their corner of the world. In the Hegemon''s Shadow fills this gap. Evan Braden Montgomery draws on different strands of realist theory to develop a novel framework that explains why leading states have accommodated some rising regional powers but opposed others.Montgomery examines the interaction between two factors: the type of local order that a leading state prefers and the type of local power shift that appears to be taking place. The first captures a leading state''s main interest in a peripheral region and serves as the baseline for its evaluation of any changes
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In this thoughtful study, Montgomery seeks to understand the logic that leads hegemons to variously support, accommodate, and oppose upstart states on their periphery.
-- G. John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *
Montgomery (Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments) provides a unique look at how leading states in the international system deal with rising states that challenge prevailing regional orders. Taking elements from a realist balance of power and a preponderance of power theories, the author develops a model to explain why leading states have supported some rising regional powers and opposed others.... The author seeks to determine the different strategies the leading states of Great Britain (and later the US) adopted concerning regional power struggles, including Egypt from 1831–41, the Confederate States of America, the rise of Japan from 1894–1902, India's emergence from 1962–71, and the rise of Iraq from 1979–91. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers through faculty
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Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Puzzle of Regional Power Shifts
1: How Leading States Respond to Rising Regional Powers
2: Egypt's Bid for Mastery of the Middle East, 1831–1841
3: The Confederacy’s Quest for Intervention and Independence, 1861–1862
4: Japan and the Creation of a New Order in East Asia, 1894–1902
5: India’s Rise and the Struggle for South Asia, 1962–1971
6: The Emergence of Iraq and the Competition to Control the Gulf, 1979–1991
Conclusion: The Past and Future of Rising Regional Powers
