Pandemics Among Nations: U.S. Foreign Policy and the New Grand Chessboard (De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences, 12)

The end of the Cold War marks the geopolitical peak of America’s global primacy. The centerpiece of U.S. Foreign Policy in the pre-pandemic world order was the assumption that promoting human rights and democracy will secure peace. However, the Coronavirus Pandemic challenged the U.S.-dominated globalized order. The international system in the post-pandemic age embodies a paradox of the American primacy and the Chinese struggle for global domination. __Pandemics Among Nations: U.S. Foreign Policy and the New Grand Chessboard__ addresses the geopolitical puzzle of the post-pandemic world order and seeks to explain how COVID 19 has remastered Brzezinski’s theory of the Grand Chessboard. In this book, Ivanov offers a two-level approach, emphasizing the consequences of the Pandemic and their impact on U.S. Foreign Policy. He also argues that if the United States wants to maintain its leadership in the post-pandemic world order, Washington should develop a new concept of smart power to deter the Chinese Art of War. The foremost goal of __Pandemics Among Nations__ is to analyze how America could overcome the geopolitical effects of the Pandemic. The author examines three possible scenarios for the future role of the United States on the post-pandemic Chessboard. The analysis rests on the testing of a series of research hypotheses across a structured comparison of all elements of the remastered Grand Chessboard, not just on isolated case studies such as China’s rise, Russian New Imperialism or European ambitions for a mutual defense. * Revision of the Grand Chessboard Theory * Defines Covidization and aims to understand its impact on U.S. foreign policy * Analyzes the post-pandemic world order De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences provides a platform for disseminating topical analyses of current events, showcasing new theoretical, empirical or applied research across the social sciences and related fields. Through engaging storytelling and in-depth analysis, it presents new work that appeals to a wide audience, and engages with issues of major public interest, highlighting the implications for both policy and professional practice Preface Contents Introduction Chapter One. The problem of power and peace at the beginning of the twenty-first century: peace through confrontation Chapter Two. Bound to cheat: liberal foreign policy in a realist world Chapter Three. China: The Silent Cultivator Chapter Four. The Post-Pandemic Structure of International Politics Conclusion References Index