How Others Deal With Disorder

Daniel Keohane
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 14:15

How Others Deal With DisorderDaniel Keohane, a friend of the Kennedy institute and Research Director at FRIDA, has co-edited an interesting book with Giovanni Grevi, looking at the challenges for European foreign policy in the coming twelve months. This year, at a time of growing geopolitical stress across the world, our central theme is How Others Deal with Disorder. The book contains chapters analyzing the strategies of nine different countries for coping with instability – ranging from major powers with the ability or aspiration for global influence (i.e. China, the United States) to others with a regional focus (i.e. Iran, Turkey) – and the implications of those strategies for Europe. 
 
The book shows that although a few governments have benefited in some respects from growing disorder, most are increasingly vulnerable to geopolitical tensions and trans-national threats. Furthermore, while Europe will sometimes have to confront other powers, it is not alone in facing an evermore complex and uncertain international security environment. Europeans, therefore, need to take new approaches to working with other powers, since protecting European security will often require helping others improve theirs.you may download the book here