The hedgers : how the Global South navigates the Sino-American competition / Zaki Laïdi, Yves Tiberghien.

Author/creator Laïdi, Zaki author.
Other author Tiberghien, Yves, author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Description94 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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SeriesCambridge elements. Elements in Indo-Pacific security
Cambridge elements. Elements in Indo-Pacific security.
Contents Global order disruption and hedging agency -- The drivers of hedging power -- India: the hedger in chief -- Hedgers by design: Brazil and South Africa -- Hotspot hedgers: Indonesia and Vietnam -- States are not born hedgers: the case of the gulf countries -- Hedging under Trump.
Abstract "The extreme instability caused by the interminable war in Ukraine, Sin-American tensions, and Trump's return to power raises an essential question: How can the states of the Global South - particularly those endowed with significant resources and full of ambition - navigate this current global turbulence? Are they succumbing to the logic of biopolarity, or are they escaping from it by amplifying their hedging power, and, in the process, making the international system more multipolar? To answer these questions, we analyze the strategic behavior of eight states: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Vietnam. Their selection is based on eight precise metrics. It is these eight key states that we call the Hedgers. They are among the countries of the Global South that have good opportunities to navigate - with some challenges - the troubled environment of what is increasingly difficult to call "world order" -- back cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 81-92).
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