Power Politics

Rob de Wijk is the Director of the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and Professor of International Relations and Security at the Campus the Hague of Leiden University. He was previously a Professor in the field of International Relations at the Royal Netherlands Military Academy and Head of the Defense Concepts Department at the Dutch Ministry of Defense.

• Preface, 1. Introduction: 19th-century behaviour in the 21st century?, 2. Power and world order, 3. Power and prosperity, 4. What determines a country’s power?, 5. The rise and fall of great powers, 6. The consequences of declining power, 7. The declining power of Europe, 8. Europe’s soft power, 9. The struggle for Ukraine, 10. The rising power of China, 11. Power politics in Asia, 12. Conclusion: a stable or unstable world?, Notes, Index

"Wijk outlines a new realism for our age, one based on geoeconomics and geopolitical fault lines.Clear, brief, and usable in undergraduate courses. Highly recommended." - M. G. Roskin, Choice Connect