The Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence
Published on 2. March 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-8157-3837-4 (ISBN)
Description
How globalized information networks can be used for strategic advantage
Until recently, globalization was viewed, on balance, as an inherently good thing that would benefit people and societies nearly everywhere. Now there is growing concern that some countries will use their position in globalized networks to gain undue influence over other societies through their dominance of information and financial networks, a concept known as ?weaponized interdependence.?
In exploring the conditions under which China, Russia, and the United States might be expected to weaponize control of information and manipulate the global economy, the contributors to this volume challenge scholars and practitioners to think differently about foreign economic policy, national security, and statecraft for the twenty-first century. The book addresses such questions as: What areas of the global economy are most vulnerable to unilateral control of information and financial networks? How sustainable is the use of weaponized interdependence? What are the possible responses from targeted actors? And how sustainable is the open global economy if weaponized interdependence becomes a default tool for managing international relations?
Until recently, globalization was viewed, on balance, as an inherently good thing that would benefit people and societies nearly everywhere. Now there is growing concern that some countries will use their position in globalized networks to gain undue influence over other societies through their dominance of information and financial networks, a concept known as ?weaponized interdependence.?
In exploring the conditions under which China, Russia, and the United States might be expected to weaponize control of information and manipulate the global economy, the contributors to this volume challenge scholars and practitioners to think differently about foreign economic policy, national security, and statecraft for the twenty-first century. The book addresses such questions as: What areas of the global economy are most vulnerable to unilateral control of information and financial networks? How sustainable is the use of weaponized interdependence? What are the possible responses from targeted actors? And how sustainable is the open global economy if weaponized interdependence becomes a default tool for managing international relations?
Reviews / Votes
Weaponized Interdependence' is now 'a thing' and one of the hot concepts in international relations, and indeed it is an essential idea for understanding the world. This volume has the ideal editors, and it is a wonderful introduction to the topic."- Tyler Cowen, professor of economics, George Mason University;"In bilateral relations, states use asymmetrical interdependence to coerce others. In networks with increasing returns to scale, they use 'weaponized interdependence' to do so. The Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence demonstrates the importance of weaponized interdependence in contemporary world politics and is essential reading for scholars and policymakers alike."- Robert O. Keohane, professor emeritus, Princeton University, and co-author, Power and Independence;
"New technologies have been introduced quickly. These new technologies have produced new opportunities for the use of power. The tight relationship between underlying capabilities and the ability to do harm has been severed. The old world is at an end. This volume is at least a beginning on getting some grasp on how this new world will develop."- Stephen D. Krasner, Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations, Stanford University
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
572 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8157-3837-4 (9780815738374)
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Daniel W. Drezner | Henry Farrell | Abraham L. Newman
The Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence
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03/2021
1st Edition
Brookings Institution
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Daniel W. Drezner | Henry Farrell | Abraham L. Newman
The Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence
E-Book
03/2021
1st Edition
Bloomsbury eBooks US
€38.49
Available for download
Persons
Daniel W. Drezner is professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Henry Farrell is the SNF Agora Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Abraham L. Newman is a professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Government Department, Georgetown University, and director of the Mortara Center for International Studies.
Content
Contents:
1. Introduction: The Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence, Daniel W. Drezner
Part I: Theory
2. Weaponized Interdependence: How Global Economic Networks Shape State Coercion, Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman
3. Hegemony and Fear: The National Security Determinants of Weaponized Interdependence, Michael Mastanduno
4. The Road to Revisionism: How Interdependence Gives Revisionists Weapons for Change, Stacie E. Goddard
Part II: Finance
5. Weaponized Interdependence and International Monetary Systems, Harold James
6. Weaponizing International Financial Interdependence, Thomas Oatley
Part III: Tech
7. Internet Platforms Weaponizing Choke Points, Natasha Tusikov
8. Huawei, 5G, and Weaponized Interdependence, Adam Segal
Part IV: Energy
9. Weaponizing Energy Interdependence, Emily Meierding
10. Russia's Gazprom: A Case Study in Misused Interdependence, Mikhail Krutikhin
Part V: State-Owned Networks
11. Weaponized Weapons: The U.S. F-35 and European Eurofighter Networks, Florian David Bodamer and Kaija E. Schilde
12. Coercion Unbound? China's Belt and Road Initiative, Thomas P. Cavanna
Part VI: Responses to Weaponized Interdependence
13. Weaponized Interdependence, the Dynamics of Twenty-first Century Power, and U.S. Grand Strategy, Bruce W. Jentleson
14. Investment Screening in the Shadow of Weaponized Interdependence, Sarah Bauerle Danzman
15. Weaponized Interdependence and Human Rights, Charli Carpenter
16. Must the Weak Suffer What They Must? The Global South in a World of Weaponized Interdependence, Amrita Narlikar
17. Weaponized Interdependence and Networked Coercion: A Research Agenda, Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman
Contributors
Index
1. Introduction: The Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence, Daniel W. Drezner
Part I: Theory
2. Weaponized Interdependence: How Global Economic Networks Shape State Coercion, Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman
3. Hegemony and Fear: The National Security Determinants of Weaponized Interdependence, Michael Mastanduno
4. The Road to Revisionism: How Interdependence Gives Revisionists Weapons for Change, Stacie E. Goddard
Part II: Finance
5. Weaponized Interdependence and International Monetary Systems, Harold James
6. Weaponizing International Financial Interdependence, Thomas Oatley
Part III: Tech
7. Internet Platforms Weaponizing Choke Points, Natasha Tusikov
8. Huawei, 5G, and Weaponized Interdependence, Adam Segal
Part IV: Energy
9. Weaponizing Energy Interdependence, Emily Meierding
10. Russia's Gazprom: A Case Study in Misused Interdependence, Mikhail Krutikhin
Part V: State-Owned Networks
11. Weaponized Weapons: The U.S. F-35 and European Eurofighter Networks, Florian David Bodamer and Kaija E. Schilde
12. Coercion Unbound? China's Belt and Road Initiative, Thomas P. Cavanna
Part VI: Responses to Weaponized Interdependence
13. Weaponized Interdependence, the Dynamics of Twenty-first Century Power, and U.S. Grand Strategy, Bruce W. Jentleson
14. Investment Screening in the Shadow of Weaponized Interdependence, Sarah Bauerle Danzman
15. Weaponized Interdependence and Human Rights, Charli Carpenter
16. Must the Weak Suffer What They Must? The Global South in a World of Weaponized Interdependence, Amrita Narlikar
17. Weaponized Interdependence and Networked Coercion: A Research Agenda, Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman
Contributors
Index