America's Allies and the Decline of US Hegemony

How do America's democratic allies perceive and respond to a relative decline in US power and influence and the simultaneous rise of China? Using the case-studies of Europe, the UK, Australia, Canada, Japan and South East Asian countries, this book offers a broad assessment of the perceptions of threat and the strategies used by these allies to cope with the relative decline of America's hegemonic power, the rise of China and the transforming world order.

In answering these central questions, contributors focus on two complementary analytical approaches. The first examines the perceptions of systemic changes by America's allies: how are US allies framing this issue and what kind of political discourse is emerging with regards to it? The second approach focuses on the concrete foreign policy and defence strategies put forward by these allies. The book explores the extent to which US allies are willing to support US hegemony and considers the democratic allies' understanding of the international structure, their relations to the United States, and their own aspirations in this changing world order.

This book will be of interest to general readers as well as scholars and students of US foreign policy, foreign policy analysis and International Relations.

Autorentext

Justin Massie is Associate Professor of political science at the University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada, and Senior Fellow at the Canadian International Council.

Jonathan Paquin is Professor of Political Science at Université Laval.

Inhalt

Introduction - America's Allies Coping with US Relative Decline * Justin Massie and Jonathan Paquin

• Part I: Debating US Decline and Power Transition

Chapter 1 - American Decline: Destined, Chosen, or Contingent? * Robert J. Lieber

• Chapter 2 - China's Counter-Hegemony? Evidence from 'Making Identity Count' * Srdjan Vucetic

Chapter 3 - China's Relations with US Pacific Rim Allies: Tensions Between Trump's 'America First' and Chinese 'Sharp Power' * Steven F. Jackson

• Part II: Perceptions And Strategies Of Asia-Pacific Allies

Chapter 4 - Japanese National Security Policy: Balancing, but Hedging * Clifton Sherrill

• Chapter 5 - Australia's Role Conceptions in a Multipolar World * Cameron G. Thies

Chapter 6 - Power transition and traditional allies in Southeast Asia * Ralf Emmers

• Chapter 7 - Canada's Middle Power Ambivalence: The Palimpsest of US Power Under the Chinese Shadow * Jeremy Paltiel

Part III: Perceptions and Strategies Of European Allies

Chapter 8 - The fraying transatlantic order and Europe's struggle in a multipolar world * Riccardo Alcaro

• Chapter 9 - NATO in Crisis - Vanishing Leadership and Distracted Allies * Trine Flockhart

Chapter 10 - The European Union's Evolving Role in Response to US Waning Hegemony * Simon Schunz and Brice Didier

• Chapter 11 - Making Sense of the Future: European Discourse on Global Power Transition * Caterina Carta

Conclusion: Allies and the Fate of U.S. Hegemony * Justin Massie and Jonathan Paquin*