From War to Integration: Generalizing Power Transition Theory

Consequences of Reversing the European Union Integration

“…Interaction Within and Between Global and Regional Hierarchies mented by the likely contributions of their allies. Efird et al (2003) demonstrate that outcomes that lead to conflict and cooperation are part of the same process. Rather, for Kim, "parity" exists when the capabilities of state A plus those of its allies are roughly equal to the capabilities of state B plus those of its allies.…”

“…He applied expected utility calculations to estimate the best times for war between states but measured their power as being aug-FIG 2. Note that whereas this model has been extensively applied in the study of conflicts (Organski and Kugler 1980;Kugler and Lemke 1996;Tammen et al 2000), it also has empirically verified direct implications on regional integration (Efird and Genna 2002;Efird et al 2003;Feng and Genna 2003;Genna and Hiroi 2004;Yesilada et al 2006). Thus, for Kim, "parity" does not refer strictly to the calculations of relative power between states A and B.…”

Saving the Next Generation: Political Capacity and Infant Mortality Decline in India's States

“…Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/page/termsand-conditions and Domke, 1986; Kugler and Lemke, 1996;Lemke and Werner, 1996;Arbetman and Kugler, 1997;Tammen et al, 2000;Feng, Kugler, and Zak, 2000, 2002a, 2002bLemke, 2002;Efird, Kugler, and Genna, 2003). National power or the ability of a nation "to impose on or persuade an opponent to comply with demands" is a key element used to explain interstate interactions in the global and regional power hierarchies (Tammen et al 2000, p. 8).…”

America's response to the rise of China and Sino‐US relations

“…The authors believe the second posture can lead to a new cold war "with potentially far more serious consequences than the US-USSR confrontation." 21 This school of thought has advised US foreign policy towards China to make the growth of the Chinese private sector "a matter of the highest priority." 22 From the perspective of the US foreign policy apparatus, it is necessary to develop a consensus among all three of the key foreign policy establishments, namely, the political, economic and military elites.…”