TY - BOOK AU - Flemes, Daniel TI - Regional leadership in the global system: ideas, interests and strategies of regional powers SN - 9780754679127 (hardback : alk. paper) U1 - 341.24 PY - 2010/// CY - Farnham, Surrey, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate Pub. Co. KW - Regionalism (International organization) KW - Middle powers KW - World politics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; SECTION 1 THEORIES AND ANALYTICAL CONCEPTS 1 Dimensions of Hard Power: Regional Leadership and Material Capabilities Douglas Lemke 2 Power, Leadership and Hegemony in International Politics Dirk Nabers 3 The Foreign Economic Policies of Regional Powers in the Developing World Philip Nel ami Matthew Stephen SECTION 2 FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGIES OF REGIONAL POWERS 4 Brazil: Strategic Options in the Changing World Order Daniel Flemes 5 India: Foreign Policy Strategy between Interests and Ideas Salma Bava 6 Israel: Regional Politics in a Highly Fragmented Region Martin Beck SECTION 3 IDEA-DRIVEN FOREIGN POLICIES OF REGIONAL POWERS 7 South Africa: The Idea-driven Foreign Policy ofa Regional Power Deon GeUlenhuys 8 Iran and Venezuela: Ideology-driven Foreign Policies in Comparison Ik'WK'f Fiirlig ami Susannc Grafiiis 9 Brazil: The Underlying Ideas of Regional Policies Matias Spektor SECTION 4 DOMESTIC FACTORS' IMPACT ON FOREIGN POLICIES 10 China: Domestic Sources of its Soft Power Strategy in East Asia Mingjiang Li 11 Russia: The Federal Relations' Impact on Foreign Policy Irina Bus vgina 12 India: The Interaction of Internal and External Factors in Foreign Policy Joachim Bctz SECTION 5 IMPLICATIONS FOR EUROPE AND THE US 13 The European Union: 'Regional Power*. 'Global Pole". 'Paper Tiger' - or What? Hans J. Giessmann 14 France. Germany. UK: Responses of Traditional to Rising Regional Powers Hurtmut Mayer 15 USA: Responding to Rising Powers with a Grand Strategy or "Muddling Through"? Mark Brawlev ER -