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Reluctant powers? Rising powers' contributions to regional crisis management
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Abstract Rising powers have often been characterised as 'reluctant' when it comes to their contributions to global governance. However, also within their regions they have sometimes pursued indecisive, muddling-through policies, including in the field of security. This paper addresses the puzzling issue of r... view more
Rising powers have often been characterised as 'reluctant' when it comes to their contributions to global governance. However, also within their regions they have sometimes pursued indecisive, muddling-through policies, including in the field of security. This paper addresses the puzzling issue of rising powers' reluctant approach to regional crisis management. It conceptualises reluctance as entailing the two constitutive dimensions of hesitation and recalcitrance, and it seeks to approach a theorisation of reluctance that focuses on a combination of international expectations and domestic preference formation. The empirical analysis addresses instances of regional crisis management by the democratic rising powers India and Brazil during phases of domestic political stability under the Modi (2014–2018) and the Lula (2003–2011) governments, respectively. The analysis of India's crisis management efforts in Afghanistan and Nepal, and of Brazil's leadership of the MINUSTAH mission and its approach to the civil war in Colombia, reveal that reluctance emerges if a government is faced with (competing) expectations articulated by international actors as well as with a range of domestic factors that lead to unclear preference formation.... view less
Keywords
India; Brazil; foreign policy; global governance; crisis management (econ., pol.); case study; international politics; political stability
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 2222-2239
Journal
Third World Quarterly, 39 (2018) 12
Issue topic
Rising Powers in International Conflict Management: Converging and Contesting Approaches
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2018.1549942
ISSN
1360-2241
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed