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Punctuated Equilibria and Sino-American Relations: Lulls and Lurches Across the Pacific
In many areas of the natural and physical world, long periods of seeming stasis or small incremental changes are interrupted by large, sudden leaps. This book illustrates how similar processes characterize international relations. This book points to such occurrences, for example the collapse of the USSR, the unravelling of Napoleon's wartime alliance, and the possible future status of the US dollar; and it illustrates in greater detail the admission of China to the United Nations, the history of economic development of various countries, and the possible formation of a countervailing coalition against US primacy. Steve Chan investigates these instances and explains the dynamics governing these processes of lulls and lurches and illuminates how qualitative research can apply the Boolean logic to study systematically the danger of a possible future Sino-American conflict based on past episodes.
Book Details
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: Aug 31st, 2025
- Pages: 283
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00lb
- EAN: 9781009634489
- Categories: • International Relations - General
About the Author
Chan, Steve: - Steve Chan's other recent books include Mobilizing the Past (Stanford, 2025); Fuses, Chains and Backlashes (Oxford, 2025); Geography and International Conflict (Routledge, 2025) with Weixing Hu; Taiwan and the Danger of a Sino-American War (Cambridge, 2025) and Culture, Economic Growth, and Interstate Power Shift (Cambridge, 2024).