{"product_id":"the-strategic-survey-2020-9780367701185","title":"The Strategic Survey 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): The International Institu\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Yearbooks \u0026amp; Annuals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStrategic Survey 2020 The Annual Assessment of Geopolitics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe worst pandemic in a century tested governments, strained societies and frayed\u003cbr\u003einternational ties during the year to mid-2020. But there was much more to this period\u003cbr\u003ethan COVID-19. Climate change - another severe global challenge - grew more critical. US\u003cbr\u003ePresident Donald Trump was impeached, the United Kingdom left the European Union, and\u003cbr\u003eIranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani was killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrategic Survey 2020 provides a comprehensive overview of major developments in every\u003cbr\u003eregion of the world, and in-depth analysis of key geopolitical and geo-economic issues: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWar\u003c\/strong\u003e The US-Taliban agreement to end the United States' longest war; the persistence of\u003cbr\u003eother complex armed con□flicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePower\u003c\/strong\u003e China's growing in□fluence, especially in Europe and the South Paci□fic; Turkey's force\u003cbr\u003eprojection in the Middle East and beyond; the EU's quest for strategic autonomy; the\u003cbr\u003enew geopolitics of the Red Sea; the implications of Ethiopia's giant dam for relations\u003cbr\u003ebetween Nile states; the increasing use of economic sanctions as a tool of statecraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRules\u003c\/strong\u003e The decline of multilateralism; prospects for arms control; key gaps in international\u003cbr\u003elaw; Central Asia's connectivity; changes in the status of Jammu and Kashmir; dual\u003cbr\u003elegitimacy in Venezuela.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrategic Survey 2020 also assesses a diverse range of political leaders: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProgress of three ambitious reforming presidents: Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, \u003cbr\u003eVolodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eForeign-policy legacies of two veteran leaders: Angela Merkel and Abe Shinzo. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTrump's challenges to both the transatlantic relationship and China. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEvolution of and prospects for Vladimir Putin's presidency.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrategic Survey 2020 is the indispensable guide to the events, actors and forces that de□ ned\u003cbr\u003ean exceptionally complex year. It highlights the geopolitical issues that will shape the\u003cbr\u003einternational agenda in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47616304447639,"sku":"9780367701185","price":22479.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780367701185.webp?v=1775112457","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-strategic-survey-2020-9780367701185","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}