ABSTRACT
The book aims to explore international security relations as the pandemic subsides and the war in Ukraine escalates. The first chapter lays the theoretical foundations of security economics. The second chapter analyses US foreign policy. The third chapter introduces China as a new superpower. The fourth chapter will set out Russia as a somewhat declining great power. The fifth chapter will point out the pitfalls of exporting democracy. The sixth chapter presents the paradox of progress.
We should not be alarmed that international relations are changing. After the end of the Cold War, the US achieved clear strategic and economic superiority. But even the most powerful country in the world cannot impose its will in every place on Earth. China, Russia, India and other great powers remain strong players that must be taken seriously. The demonisation of everything Chinese and Russian is somewhat one-sided. The great powers should be able to engage in strategic dialogue and avoid unnecessary escalation.
