US Security Interests in the 'New Eastern Mediterranean'

Balancing Russia in a Post-Unipolar World
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-71629-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

This book discusses US foreign and security policy in the contemporary Eastern Mediterranean against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and renewed great power competition. It examines US relations with Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus and a balancing strategy in the region toward Russia. The author assesses the impact on Eastern Mediterranean politics and US interests, drawing on neorealist theories and the dynamics of an international system in transition, and explores the impact of the global redistribution of power in regions that do not traditionally constitute top strategic priorities. Contributing to discussions on great power balancing strategies and taking into consideration the transition to a post-unipolar international system, this book will appeal to scholars and students of international relations, security studies, US foreign and security policy, great power, and Mediterranean politics.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kontos, Michalis

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Introduction
2.A Theoretical Framework

3.The Fading “Unipolar Moment” and the Eastern Mediterranean
4.Russia’s Policy in the “New Eastern Mediterranean”
5.US Strategic Reorientation and the “New Eastern Mediterranean
6.The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Day After: The Consolidation of a “New Normal”

7.Trends, Challenges and Future Perspectives

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Michalis Kontos is Associate Professor at the Department of Politics and Governance of the University of Nicosia. He is Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean Review (BSEMR). He is the author of monographs, chapters in edited volumes, and articles published in international peer-reviewed journals. He has participated in many international conferences and has taught under Erasmus+ mobility schemes at the Universities of The Hague (Netherlands), Piraeus (Greece), and Salerno (Italy).