Geopolitical Conflict in the Wolf World

As conflicts erupt around the globe, Europe must reorganize itself to maintain peace and stability to survive in the multipolar "wolf world." The return of great power rivalry and geoeconomic competition has unsettled the global balance of power. The hegemon itself has declared the liberal world order obsolete. In the United States, the once-dominant mix of neoconservative foreign, neoliberal economic, and left-identitarian cultural policies has lost its grip. Focusing on three primary theatres of geopolitical conflict in Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East, Geopolitical Conflict and Strategy in the Wolf World outlines the strategic challenges Europe faces as the global balance of power moves away from a U.S.-dominated order. As Pax Americana fades, violent conflicts erupt. Wars rage in Europe and the Middle East, while tensions in East Asia threaten to ignite another. What order can stabilize this wolf world? Drawing on two decades of experience as a political analyst in Asia, advising governments and industry, author Marc Saxer reveals the histories and philosophies shaping rival concepts of order, providing a roadmap for the negotiations ahead. Providing a critical evaluation of the decline of liberal order, the book examines how Europe can foster peace and stability amid the erosion of the normative framework for peacebuilding and the paralysis of multilateral conflict-resolution institutions. Saxer proposes how Europe can contribute to a new, rules-based international order, navigating the complexities of an asymmetrically multipolar world, and explores alternative concepts of global order, from historical empires to modern geopolitical frameworks.

Autorentext

Marc Saxer is a political analyst and strategist with two decades of experience in Asia, advising governments, industry, and civil society.

Klappentext

In the multipolar "Wolf Word," Europe must reorganize itself to maintain peace and stability as conflict erupts around the globe. Wars rage in Europe and the Middle East, while tensions in East Asia threaten to ignite another. Enter the power-driven Wolf World, where the law of the jungle prevails. Marc Saxer argues that this dangerous world was brought about by the twin crisis of liberalism, which fuels illiberal revolts against liberal democracies and has led to the collapse of the liberal world order. He examines how, after the end of Pax Americana, major and minor powers navigate the geopolitical competition and geoeconomic disruption shaping an asymmetrical multipolar world. Drawing on the historical experiences and philosophies that inform alternative concepts of order in non-Western civilizations, Saxer explores how a multipolar rules-based order could stabilize the Wolf World.

Inhalt

Introduction
Part I: The Twin Crisis of the Liberal Order

1. The Rise and Fall of the Liberal World Order
2. The Erosion of Liberal Hegemony in Western Democracies
3. The Illiberal Turn
   Part II: Geopolitical Competition, Geoeconomic Disruption, and the Emergence of the Wolf World
4. Geopolitics in a World of Three Primary Theatres of Conflict
5. Geo-Economic Competition Disrupts the World Economy
   Part III: Ordering the Wolf World
6. The Global Distribution of Power
7. Looking Beyond the West: Alternative Models of Order
8. What Order Can Stabilize the Wolf World?
   Part IV: Navigating the Wolf World
9. Shifting Grand Strategies for the Wolf World
10. Europe in the Wolf World: A Strategy for Survival
    Index
    About the Author