21st-Century Statecraft: Reconciling Power, Justice and Meta-Geopolitical Interests

A fresh approach to statecraft informed by contemporary geopolitical pressures. From civilisational frontier risks associated with new challenges like disruptive technologies, to the shifting nature of great-power conflicts and subversion, the 21stcentury requires a new approach to statecraft.In 21st-Century Statecraft, Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan proposes five innovative statecraft concepts.He makes the case for a new method of geopolitical analysis called 'meta-geopolitics', and for 'dignity-based governance'.He shows how, in an interdependent and interconnected world, traditional thinking must move beyond zero-sum games and focus on 'multi-sum and symbiotic realist' interstate relations.This requires a new paradigm of global security premised on five dimensions of security, and a new concept of power, 'just power', which highlights the centrality of justice to state interests.These concepts enable states to balance competing interests and work towards what the author calls 'reconcilia