Regional Powerhouse

Regional Powerhouse

Author: Michael J. Enright

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2005-06-24

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13:

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Publisher description: China's economic rise has captured the world's imagination. At the forefront has been the Greater Pearl River Delta, a region consisting of Hong Kong, Macao, and part of Guangdong Province, whose unique and complex complementarities have created a regional powerhouse of global importance. The authors show how the Greater Pearl River Delta region has benefited from China's economic opening by combining the international orientation, business experience, and financial muscle of Hong Kong and Macao with the land, labor, and skills of the Chinese Mainland. They show how this combination has created an increasing number of world beating industries that have attracted companies and business people from all around the globe. They show how China's accession into the WTO strengthens the region's position in the national and international economies. Finally, they show how the region's trajectory will lead it to even greater prominence in the future.


The Geopolitics of Regional Power

The Geopolitics of Regional Power

Author: Sören Scholvin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-09

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 131703046X

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In the last two decades, various states from the Global South have emerged as important players in international relations. Most popular among them is China. Brazil, India and South Africa have also taken essential roles in global and regional politics. Compared to traditional great powers, they can be labelled ’regional great powers’ or ’regional powers’ because their influence is - with the exception of China - concentrated on their neighbourhood. The impact of regions, meaning the impact of geography, on the economics and politics of regional powers is surprisingly understudied. This book analyses how geographical conditions influence the regional economics and politics of South Africa, allowing the author to delineate its region of influence.


Regional Renaissance

Regional Renaissance

Author: Charles W. Wessner

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-09-14

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 3030211940

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This book examines ways in which formerly prosperous regions can renew their economy during and after a period of industrial and economic recession. Using New York’s Capital Region (i.e., Albany, Troy, Schenectady, etc.) as a case study, the authors show how entrepreneurship, innovation, investment in education, research and political collaboration are critical to achieving regional success. In this way, the book provides other regions and nations with a real-life model for successful economic development. In the past half century, the United States and other nations have seen an economic decline of formerly prosperous regions as a result of new technology and globalization. One of the hardest-hit United States regions is Upstate New York or “the Capital Region”; it experienced a demoralizing hemorrhage of manufacturing companies, jobs and people to other regions and countries. To combat this, the region, with the help of state leaders, mounted a decades-long effort to renew and restore the region’s economy with a particular focus on nanotechnology. As a result, New York’s Capital Region successfully added thousands of well-paying, skill-intensive manufacturing jobs. New York’s success story serves as a model for economic development for policy makers that includes major public investments in educational institutions and research infrastructure; partnerships between academia, industry and government; and creation of frameworks for intra-regional collaboration by business, government, and academic actors. Featuring recommendations for best practices in regional development policy, this book is appropriate for scholars, students, researchers and policy makers in regional development, innovation, R&D policy, economic development and economic growth.


Redefining Regional Power in International Relations

Redefining Regional Power in International Relations

Author: Miriam Prys

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-04

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1136315551

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This book examines the concept of regional power in international relations. Using the emerging powers of India and South Africa as the case studies, it explores how regional powers simultaneously differ and share common features. The book develops a method to classify and evaluate different types of regional powers and applies this typology to contemporary case studies of India and South Africa. Regional power is often expected to have a positive influence on region-specific problems of conflict, economic deprivation and political instability. In reality, an ‘achievement-expectations gap’ can be seen in many regional powers, which can be analysed and understood through observable variation in regional power. The author discovers that in addition to the management of the internal regional order, regional powers have to establish individuality whilst fitting into the global international environment, altering both regional dynamics and creating variance in the level of control within the region. Elucidating concepts and definitions, this book is an accessible and in-depth study that both introduces key concepts and provides a framework for the future study of regional power in international relations. Redefining Regional Power in International Relations will be of interest to students and scholars of regionalism and international relations.


Hearings

Hearings

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations

Publisher:

Published: 1947

Total Pages: 1092

ISBN-13:

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Iran

Iran

Author: Hamid Dabashi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-10-05

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 113758775X

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In this unprecedented book, Hamid Dabashi provides a provocative account of Iran in its current resurrection as a mighty regional power. Through a careful study of contemporary Iranian history in its political, literary, and artistic dimensions, Dabashi decouples the idea of Iran from its colonial linkage to the cliché notion of “the nation-state,” and then demonstrates how an “aesthetic intuition of transcendence” has enabled it to be re-conceived as a powerful nation. This rebirth has allowed for repressed political and cultural forces to surface, redefining the nation’s future beyond its fictive postcolonial borders and autonomous from the state apparatus that wishes but fails to rule it. Iran’s sovereignty, Dabashi argues, is inaugurated through an active and open-ended self-awareness of the nation’s history and recent political and aesthetic instantiations, as it has been sustained by successive waves of revolutionary prose, poetry, and visual and performing arts performed categorically against the censorial will of the state.


Global Rogues and Regional Orders

Global Rogues and Regional Orders

Author: Il Hyun Cho

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 0199355479

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Global Rogues and Regional Orders examines the relationship between nuclear proliferation and regional order in East Asia and the Middle East, looking at what factors shape the perceptions and responses of relevant regional actors to North Korea and Iran, why some of these regional actors cooperate with the United States while others do not, and the consequences of shifting relations among these countries.


The Regional Integration Manual

The Regional Integration Manual

Author: Philippe De Lombaerde

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-03-29

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1136702040

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The Regional Integration Manual brings together different methods for monitoring and analysing regional integration processes in a systematic way. Employing a multi-disciplinary approach, it seeks to provide officials in regional organisations, researchers in think tanks, academics and students worldwide with an accessible set of both quantitative and qualitative tools, useful in their day-to-day work. The Manual addresses an increasing demand for such tools, in a world where mechanisms and ideas for effective regional government and governance are in dire need, whereas the monitoring and analytical capabilities of official and non-governmental actors often lag behind. It also addresses a rapidly growing academic community studying the determinants, depth, speed and other characteristics of regional integration and co-operation. Employing a multi-disciplinary approach, The Regional Integration Manual will be of interest to scholars of governance and regional politics as well as policy-makers and those in regional organisations.


Geopolitical Flare-ups

Geopolitical Flare-ups

Author: Conrad Riker

Publisher: Conrad Riker

Published: 101-01-01

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13:

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Are you tired of turning on the news only to hear about the same conflicts over and over with no resolution in sight? Are you concerned about the growing tensions in flashpoint regions around the world and their potential impact on global stability? "Geopolitical Flare-ups: Navigating the World's Tinderbox" provides insight into these complex issues, pulling back the curtain on international politics and offering a deep understanding of its driving forces. This book will answer your questions: What is the real story behind the Israel-Gaza conflict? Why is Ukraine so geopolitically important? And what could a potential third world war look like with drones and autonomous killing machines? Here's why you need to read this book: 1. You'll gain a clear, comprehensive understanding of the Israel-Gaza conflict. 2. You'll see Ukraine's strategic importance in Eastern Europe with fresh eyes. 3. You'll grasp the nuances of Taiwan's push for independence and China's counter-claims. 4. You'll discover the strategic significance of the Red Sea and the Straits of Malaca. 5. You'll learn about Venezuela's oil rights dispute with Guyana and its potential implications. 6. You'll delve into the factors driving revolutions and instability in Francophone West African nations. 7. You'll navigate the complex landscape of South Africa's instability. 8. You'll analyze Argentina's economic crisis and its potential impacts. If you're ready to see the world through a geopolitical lens and want to understand the complex dynamics driving these potential flare-ups, this book is for you. So, don't wait. If you want to make sense of global news and navigate the world's tinderbox, buy this book today.


The Economics of Regional Security

The Economics of Regional Security

Author: Jurgen Brauer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1134960611

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This important book explores the threats and challenges to regional security, for Nato, in the Mediterranean, and in the sub-Saharan countries, namely southern Africa. Written and edited by leading researchers, the volume's significance lies in its demonstration of how concepts from economics and other social science disciplines can be applied to important issues of defence, conflict and peace at the regional level.