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The book delves into the ongoing crises facing Europe, including rising nationalisms, Brexit, and challenges related to migration and economic reform. It highlights the external pressures from nations like Russia and China, as well as shifts in U.S. foreign policy under Trump. Stefan Fröhlich advocates for a reevaluation of Germany's role, arguing that its foreign policy has evolved positively despite criticism. He asserts that Germany has taken on leadership in Europe, countering claims of complacency from those who shirk global responsibilities.

The topic of this book deals with a highly relevant empirical issue: East asian security and the dynamics of the respective governance structure or architecture are not only of regional but of global concern. Since the pivot of the American pivot to East Asia and other external actor ́s responses to it the security architecture has changed in form, size and function. In order to analyze and explain these changes, hypotheses derived from IR middle range theories (i.e. soft and hard balancing) will be applied to cases of bilateral and multilateral security governance in East Asia.