2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2010.00958.x
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International Relations Theory and China’s Rise: Assessing China’s Potential for Territorial Expansion

Abstract: Whether China’s rise as a great power will be peaceful or violent is a question that animates scholars and policymakers alike. Power transition theory and offensive realism reach pessimistic conclusions about China’s potential for armed conflict because of the benefits of aggression. Nevertheless, applications of these theories to China’s rise fail to examine the size and scope of these benefits and to compare them systematically to the costs of conflict that other scholars have identified. To fill this gap, t… Show more

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“…Each country makes its diplomacy based on rational decisionmaking for its core interest. Therefore, the solution to a regional conflict means countries can concede out of their baseline, representing the overlap of the core interests [4,5]. With this premise, this article should answer three questions to assess the regional situation.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Each country makes its diplomacy based on rational decisionmaking for its core interest. Therefore, the solution to a regional conflict means countries can concede out of their baseline, representing the overlap of the core interests [4,5]. With this premise, this article should answer three questions to assess the regional situation.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On the other hand, under the extraordinary leadership of Xi Jinping, China has been able to create a strong position in international politics (Fravel, 2010). China's flagship 'One Belt, One Road (OBOR)', whose main objective is to increase the speed of international trade by increasing connectivity (Jinchen, 2016), is making China a reliable country, particularly to the South Asian and African developing countries.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…6 Nonetheless, they concur on two central propositions. First, China is seen as 6 On Defensive Realism and the rise of China, see, for instance, Beckley (2017), Friedberg (1993), Fravel (2010, Glaser (2015) and Liff (2016). For an Offensive Realist perspective, see Mearsheimer (2001Mearsheimer ( , 2006Mearsheimer ( , 2010.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%