Poland, Germany and State Power in Post-Cold War Europe

Asymmetry Matters

Stefan Szwed (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

306 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2019
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-95351-6 (ISBN)

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This book examines the post-Cold War Polish-German relationship and the puzzling rise of foreign and security policy differences between the two states during the 2000s. Through an investigation of four policy issues – NATO’s out-of-area mandate, European Constitution and the division of voting power in the Council, relations with Russia and the eastern neighbours, as well as EU energy policy – the author identifies the roots of their conflict in a structure of material, spatial and temporal asymmetries. Rather than treat them as currency, however, he explores the less conspicuous ways in which power is exercised and structure matters inside a community governed by shared rules and norms. In pursuing its research question, theoretical work, historical reconstructions and empirical analyses, the book combines security studies, transatlantic relations, European integration, and Polish and German politics with general theorizing and conceptual grounding in international relations and political science.

Stefan Szwed is Research Associate at the Centre for International Studies at the Department of Politics and International Relations and Senior Common Room Member at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, UK. His research interests focus on Polish and German foreign policies, European integration and democratic transitions. He was Mairie de Paris Visiting Fellow at the Centre de Recherches internationales at Sciences Po, Paris.

Chapter One - Introduction.- Chapter Two - Community of Asymmetries: A Typology.- Chapter Three - A Tale of Two Allies: Poland, Germany and the New Transatlantic Order.- Chapter Four - Disunity in Diversity: Constitutional Treaty and the QMV.- Chapter Five - Disquiet in the East: Relations with Russia and the Neighbours.- Chapter Six - Power (grid) Politics: Poland, Germany and European Energy Security.- Chapter Seven - Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.09.2018
Reihe/Serie	St Antony's Series
Zusatzinfo	3 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 306 p. 3 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
Schlagworte	asymmetric politics • asymmetry in foreign policy • EU Energy Policy • geopolitical asymmetries • German foreign policy • German political history • German relations with Russia • German security policy • material asymmetry • NATO and post-Cold War Europe • Polish foreign policy • Polish-German Relations • Polish political history • Polish relations with Russia • Polish security policy • post-Cold War Europe • Power Asymmetries • spatial asymmetry • State power in post-Cold War Europe • Temporal asymmetry
ISBN-10	1-349-95351-2 / 1349953512
ISBN-13	978-1-349-95351-6 / 9781349953516
Zustand	Neuware