Bringing Eurasia Back In?

The book analyze the current U.S. alliance system across Eurasia through a multidisciplinary approach, combining history and political science, past and current affairs, and outlining possible future scenarios. They will focus on the Western allies and partners and the Chinese perceptions of the U.S.-led security system seen as a direct threat.

Since the end of the Second World War, the role of the United States in the international arena has been closely linked to the stability of its security alliance system. For strategic reasons, one of the major goals for the U.S. foreign policy has always been preventing the rise of a hegemonic power in Eurasia. Actually, history and geopolitics tend to show that the global balance of power strictly depends on dynamics, threats and acting players in Eurasia. Despite China's growing global influence, it is in Asia-Pacific that the Chinese quest for power has played out more vividly. In this framework, the partnership between Russia and China represents a source of worries for the West as a whole and, more specifically, the gravest strategic threat to U.S. overseas interests.

Autorentext

Mireno Berrettini - Full Professor in History of International Relations at at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan. His studies currently focus on the genesis of the Cold War in Asian perspective.

Davide Borsani - Researcher in History of International Relations at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan. His research interests include the history of US foreign policy and the evolution of NATO.

Inhalt

Table of contents - Introduction [M. Berrettini - D. Borsani] - The Eurasian Heartland and the Atlantic Alliance: An Interpretative Essay [M. Berrettini]- Eurasian Monolith? The United States, NATO and the Sino-Russian Strategic Relationship [D. Borsani] - From isolation to global cooperation. An overview of China's Foreign Policy in the post-Cold War era [B. Onnis]- The US Grand Strategy in the Indo-Pacific and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue from Trump to Biden [R. Neironi]- Chinese Maritime Coercion in East Asia: Probing the US Alliance System Trigger Points [F. Frassineti] - The Anglosphere's role in an increasingly chaotic Eurasia (and beyond) [S. Zuccarelli]- The Roles of China and the WHO in the Fight Against COVID-19 under the Trump Presidency and its Global Consequences [L. Medici - V. Sommella]