ABSTRACT
In addition to determining whether and to what extent would-be regional powers play the various roles specified in the RPSF, we contend that the security order will be driven significantly by how they do so. Thus, we continue our discussion of behavior by considering the foreign policy orientations that regional powers exhibit. In the next few chapters, we explore three different axes by which orientation is manifest, the first of which focuses on the impacts of status quo and revisionist preferences. As mentioned in the introductory chapter, we define orientation as the inclination, disposition (satisfaction or dissatisfaction) or preferences of a state with respect to the development and maintenance of the security order. In short we ask what are regional power attitudes toward the existing order? In answering this question, we examine the distinctions between and the implications of status quo and revisionist orientations, assessing the behaviors of Russia, Brazil and India along this axis.
