Contested Leadership in International Relations: Power Politics in South America, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

Flemes, Daniel; Wojczewski, Thorsten

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1547773

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“…In dealing with regional powers, some authors have started acknowledging that "leadership" is only one of the qualities that a regional power can display (Frazier/ Stewart-Ingersoll 2010); that these countries can pursue different strategies in dealing with their smaller neighbors (Destradi 2010); and that different forms of "regional powerhood" can be established by dominant states (Prys 2010). Schirm (2010) and Flemes/Wojczewski (2010) have highlighted that leadership may be "contested" and that, in order to effectively "lead," regional powers depend on the support of followers. The most suitable theoretical development for addressing the puzzle of India's indecisive and passive approach to the escalation of the civil war in Sri Lanka comes from Frazier and Stewart-Ingersoll's study on regional security (2010).…”

Section: Managing Regional Securitymentioning

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India and the Civil War in Sri Lanka: On the Failures of Regional Conflict Management in South Asia

Destradi

2010

SSRN Journal

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The paper provides an assessment of India's role in the final years of the civil war in Sri Lanka (2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009). In particular, it looks for explanations for India's inability to act as a conflict manager in its own region, which is in contrast to predominant assumptions about the role of powerful regional states. It also seeks to explain the surprising turn in India's approach to the

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Section: Managing Regional Securitymentioning

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India and the Civil War in Sri Lanka: On the Failures of Regional Conflict Management in South Asia

Destradi

2010

SSRN Journal

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“…Soft power generally refers to a state's ability to 'shape the preferences of others' through 'intangible assets such as an attractive personality, culture, political values and institutions and policies that are seen as legitimate or having moral authority' (Nye 2004;Rapid Growth Markets Soft Power Index 2012, p. 4). A number of scholars have drawn positive correlation between regional power status and soft power attributes (Sidiropoulos 2014;Ogunnubi 2014;Geldenhuys 2010;Flemes and Wojczewski 2010;Gill and Huang 2006). According to them, a major requirement for regional power status is the location, presence and deployment of soft power attributes which may range from culture, to political ideology, diplomacy, sporting achievements, foreign policy, tourism, media and language (Flemes and Wojczewski 2010).…”

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Nigeria’s Soft Power Sources: Between Potential and Illusion?

Ogunnubi

Isike

2017

Int J Polit Cult Soc

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A major requirement for regional power status is the location and deployment of soft power attributes which may range from culture, political ideology, diplomacy, to sporting achievements, foreign policy articulation, tourism, media exports and language. While contemporary analysis of Nigeria's regional and continental power profile is almost entirely focused on economic and military aspects, an objective account of the state's power portfolio would be incomplete without a careful estimation of its soft power potential and influence. This article contributes to the study of Nigeria's foreign policy by initiating the debate on the utility and prospect of its soft power characteristics. An assessment of the country's soft power resources in the form of culture, political values and foreign policy reveals that Abuja can indeed use these co-optive platforms to mitigate the negative contradictions that dampen its regional power status in Africa. The paper concludes that, although there are enormous limitations, a careful articulation of Nigeria's soft power assets has the potential to reinforce the country's regional leadership.

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“…No obstante, algunos países de la región han optado por utilizar la estrategia de soft balancing -entendida como búsqueda de cooperación relativamente prolongada y alterna a la militar-para contrabalancear las políticas unilaterales de la potencia superior en la región. En estas estrategias, el papel atribuido a las potencias extra-hemisféricas es clave (Flemes y Wojczewski, 2010). En el mismo tiempo, como argumentan Fabio Sanchez Cabarcas y Catalina Monroy Hernandez (2012: 334), los Estados Unidos siguen siendo el principal aliado geoestratégico de Colombia.…”

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Colombia frente a las potencias extra-hemisféricas: el caso de las relaciones colombo-rusas

Rouvinski

2014

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El fin de la Guerra Fría dio inicio a un proceso de cambio con impacto en las relaciones internacionales en todo el mundo. En América Latina, una de las manifestaciones de este proceso es la creciente incidencia de las potencias extra-hemisféricas como China y Rusia. Sin embargo, en Colombia, los esfuerzos de la academia dirigidos a la construcción de un nuevo conocimiento sobre el tema han sido pocos. Una de las razones de esta escasez son las dificultades que surgen a la hora de analizar distintos aspectos de la política exterior colombiana hacia Rusia de la post-Guerra Fría usando las aproximaciones mainstream. Este artículo pretende reducir la brecha a través de la introducción de un marco de análisis que se fundamenta en la teoría del rol y que se usa para examinar el caso de las relaciones colombo-rusas durante el gobierno de Ernesto Samper Pizano (1994-1998). El autor señala que la aplicación de la teoría del rol en el análisis de la política exterior abre nuevas posibilidades de estudios de las relaciones de Colombia con los países desde fuera de las Américas.

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Contested Leadership in International Relations: Power Politics in South America, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 40 publications

References 47 publications

India and the Civil War in Sri Lanka: On the Failures of Regional Conflict Management in South Asia

India and the Civil War in Sri Lanka: On the Failures of Regional Conflict Management in South Asia

Nigeria’s Soft Power Sources: Between Potential and Illusion?

Colombia frente a las potencias extra-hemisféricas: el caso de las relaciones colombo-rusas

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