Sandra Destradi is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Chair for International Relations at the University of Freiburg. Previously, she was a Professor of International Relations and Regional Governance at the Helmut Schmidt University, a Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies in Hamburg, and a Jean Monnet Fellow at the Robert Schumann Centre of the European University Institute. Her research interests include the impact of populism and authoritarianism on foreign policy, emerging powers and global governance and (trans)regional security dynamics in the Global South and beyond.

• 1. Introduction2. Conceptualizing Reluctance3. Theorizing Reluctance in World Politics4. India’s Reluctant Crisis Management in South Asia5. Germany’s Mixed Approach: Not Always a Reluctant Hegemon6. Brazil’s Non-Reluctant Approach to Regional Crisis Management7. Explaining Reluctance in Other Contexts8. Conclusion

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