Reinhard Wolf – författare

Respect can be understood as a considerate attitude that is expressed through the adequate acknowledgement of somebody's current status position. Status, States, and Moral Sentiments provides the first systematic study to investigate whether such regard has a significant effect on interactions between national governments. Does it 'really matter' when chief executives, such as Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Theresa May, Vladimir Putin, or Donald Trump, complain about a lack of respect for their countries or their governments? Must we pay closer attention to such feelings and expressions because they markedly affect governments' openness, trust or assertiveness? Or can we treat such experiences, sentiments, and rhetoric as marginal, with an ephemeral impact on the 'real business' of interstate relations? Drawing on a wide reading of research in anthropology, international relations, organizational studies, philosophy, sociology, and social psychology, Wolf develops a new theoretical framework and presents three case studies to compare mainstream readings to explanations that stress the role of respect. Findings show that respect has indeed a distinctive political impact; the experience of respect promotes openness, trust, and cooperation, whereas perceived disrespect fosters conflict by making policymakers angrier and more assertive. In each of the cases, policymakers were willing to compromise their country's material interests in order to thwart a relationship that they perceived as disrespectful: asserting one's 'proper' place in the status order proved to be a fundamental goal with an intrinsic ethical value. A thorough grasp of these effects is therefore indispensable for understanding many international interactions, especially when national representatives or populations are deeply concerned about their place in the international status order.

This book investigates how Europe should position itself in an era of growing Chinese-American rivalry.The volume explores the contemporary relationship and ongoing dynamics between three of the most powerful players in today’s international relations - the USA, China and Europe. It claims that the intensifying antagonism between Washington and Beijing requires a paradigm shift in European strategic thinking, and takes a trilateral perspective in analysing key issue areas, such as trade, technology, investment, climate change, the BRI, sub-national contacts, maritime security and nuclear non-proliferation. Using this analysis, the work seeks to offer original policy recommendations that respond to a number of dilemmas Europe can no longer avoid, including the trade-off between European interests and values in a harsher global environment, the question of whether Europe should align with one of the two superpowers, Europe’s military dependence on a US pivoting to the Asia-Pacific, and possible trade-offs between global and regional governance efforts. The key finding is that Europe must follow a much more pragmatic and independent approach to its foreign and security affairs.This book will be of much interest to students of EU policy, foreign policy, Chinese politics, US politics and IR in general.

This book investigates how Europe should position itself in an era of growing Chinese-American rivalry.The volume explores the contemporary relationship and ongoing dynamics between three of the most powerful players in today’s international relations - the USA, China and Europe. It claims that the intensifying antagonism between Washington and Beijing requires a paradigm shift in European strategic thinking, and takes a trilateral perspective in analysing key issue areas, such as trade, technology, investment, climate change, the BRI, sub-national contacts, maritime security and nuclear non-proliferation. Using this analysis, the work seeks to offer original policy recommendations that respond to a number of dilemmas Europe can no longer avoid, including the trade-off between European interests and values in a harsher global environment, the question of whether Europe should align with one of the two superpowers, Europe’s military dependence on a US pivoting to the Asia-Pacific, and possible trade-offs between global and regional governance efforts. The key finding is that Europe must follow a much more pragmatic and independent approach to its foreign and security affairs.This book will be of much interest to students of EU policy, foreign policy, Chinese politics, US politics and IR in general.

Mit dem Zusammenbruch des Kommunismus hat sich die weltpolitische Lage grundlegend verändert und ist auch für die Außenpolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland eine vollkommen veränderte Situation entstanden. In diesem Handbuch wird erstmals wieder eine Gesamtschau der deutschen Außenpolitik vorgelegt. Dabei werden die Kontinuitäten und Brüche seit 1989 sowohl für den Wissenschaftler als auch den politisch interessierten Leser umfassend dargestellt.

Mit dem Zusammenbruch des Kommunismus hat sich die weltpolitische Lage grundlegend verändert und ist auch für die Außenpolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland eine vollkommen veränderte Situation entstanden.

Dieses Sonderheft der Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (ZfAS) behandelt Revisionismus von dynamisch wachsenden Großmächten als eine wiederkehrende Konfliktursache.