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Military Statecraft and the Rise of Shaping in World Politics

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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
ISBN/EAN: 9781538150658
Umbreit-Nr.: 2613470

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 203 S.
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Erschienen am 29.06.2021
Auflage: 1/2021


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  • Zusatztext
    • <p><span>Winner of the Andrew F. Krepinevich Writing Award</span></p><p><a></a><span>Selected for the Irregular Warfare Initiatives Inaugural Reading List (2022)</span><a></a></p><p><span>In todays complex international environment, how do the United States, China, and Russia manage the return of great power competition as well as the persistent threat of violent non-state actors? This book explores "shaping": the use of military power to construct a more favorable environment by influencing the characteristics of other militaries, altering the relationships between them, or managing the behavior of allies. As opposed to traditional strategies of warfighting or coercion, shaping relies less on threats, demonstrations, and uses of violence and more on attraction, persuasion, and legitimacy. Because shaping relies more on soft power than on hard power, this approach contradicts the conventional wisdom of the purpose militaries serve.</span></p><p><span>Kyle J. Wolfley explores the emergence of shaping in classical strategy and its increased frequency following the end of the Cold War when threats and allies became more ambiguous. He illustrates the four logics of shapingattraction, socialization, delegation, and assurancethrough five case studies of recent major military exercise programs led by the United States, China, India, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Moreover, the author reveals through sentiment analysis and statistics of over one thousand multinational exercises from 1980 to 2016 how major powers reacted to a complex international environment by expanding the number and scope of shaping exercises. Illuminating an understudied but surprisingly common tool of military statecraft, this book offers a fresh understanding of military power in today's competitive international system.</span></p>
  • Kurztext
    • <p><span>This book explores how changes in the structure of the international system and technology incentivize major powers to adopt different types of military power¿either the traditional threat and use of force or "shaping" through the non-warfighting use of military organizations¿to manage threats in world politics.</span></p>
  • Autorenportrait
    • <p><span>Kyle J. Wolfley is assistant professor of international affairs in the department of social sciences at West Point and a US Army strategist. He holds a PhD in government from Cornell University and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.</span></p>