Power, leadership, and hegemony in international politics: the case of East Asia

Abstract

The article inquires into the conditions of effective leadership of states in international politics, and develops a framework for the study of so-called (new) regional powers such as Brazil

Invasion by invitation: the role of alliances in the Asia-Pacific

“…4. Limited space precludes a discussion of the significance of regional definitions, but rivalries in North-East Asia and institutional weakness in South-East Asia mean that the absense of effective leadership adds to the difficulty of overcoming entrenched patterns of behaviour (see Nabers 2010). …”

European Union as a Leader in Climate Change Policy: Assessing Europe’s Roles in the World∗

“…Fundamental to this relationship are the ways in which the leaders supply the demands and share the responses of the followers. Nabers (2008) proffers yet another interesting observation about the dynamics of leadership. 'Leadership', he argues, 'is always contested by challenges from those who are left out of what we will call a 'hegemonic project', and sometimes from those who find themselves in a subordinate position to the leader' (Nabers, 2008, p.9).…”

“…These scholars emphasize on the importance of leadership in order that agreements may be reached and so does Sannerstedt (2005) who believes that leadership is a key to forestalling deadlocks and to 'ease the negotiations' way to sound solutions. With clear leadership, problems attendant to multilateral negotiations are better dealt with (Nabers, 2008). Leadership, says Underdal, (1994) refers to 'an asymmetrical relationship of influence, where one actor guides or directs the behaviour of others towards a certain goal over a certain period of time' (Underdal, 1994, p.178).…”

International Leadership as a Process: The case of China in Southeast Asia

“…"Leadership", a concept articulated by Western as well as non-Western scholars, strategists and policy-makers, has been applied to analyze the role of regional powers. According to the author's scrutiny, more than fifty English books and journal articles in the IR discipline over a period of five years (2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014) have chosen "leadership" either as a phenomenon or an analytical concept to examine the rise of emerging and regional powers (among which, see: Dent 2008;Flemes 2010;Costa Vaz 2006;Flemes 2006;Schirm 2005Schirm , 2010Nolte 2010;Prys 2010;Nabers 2010;Destradi 2010;Flemes and Wojczewski 2011;Malamud 2011;Yan 2011;Kang 2012;Park 2013). Likewise, regional powers as supporter and obstructions to regional cooperation and their roles as middle or emerging powers in global/regional governance have been studied and discussed (Lake and Morgan 1997;Cooper and Antkiewicz ed.…”

“…Those projects are accepted, established and maintained by actors who can use their power resources effectively by attracting to a particular issue area. Not enough attractive projects tend to dissolve or lose their importance with the construction of well-organized and most by others accepted frameworks (see more Nabers 2008Nabers , 2010 (iii) The way in which states share common understanding that develop among groups of states about power hierarchy is constituted by the inter-subjective process of recognition. The effectiveness of this process relies on many factors which are temporarily divided into two groups: subjective factors and objective ones.…”