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Strategies Of Prevention: Extending The Concept Of Preventive War And Understanding Its Implications, Steven T. Walker
Strategies Of Prevention: Extending The Concept Of Preventive War And Understanding Its Implications, Steven T. Walker
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
This dissertation contributes to the literature on prevention in two specific ways. First, it broadens the concept of preventive war, developing the idea that dominant states have a choice when it comes to dealing with rising challengers. The choice is not a dichotomous variable of either war or no war. Instead, there is a range of choices that decision makers within the dominant state have at their disposal. This dissertation examines the relationship---over time---between two conflictual states, one in relative decline and the other in relative ascendance, and studies the response of the dominant but declining power. Second, I focus …
Eastphalia Rising: An Enquiry Into The Emergence Of An Asian Perspective On International Law And Global Governance, Sung Won Kim
Eastphalia Rising: An Enquiry Into The Emergence Of An Asian Perspective On International Law And Global Governance, Sung Won Kim
Maurer Theses and Dissertations
Interest in the possible impact of the rise of Asia in world affairs has been growing for a number of years. Asia’s emergence has become one of the most important developments in the post-Cold War international system, and it has drawn attention from scholars and practitioners who study the balance of power in international politics, the process of economic growth and competition, and the acceleration of globalization. Although definitions of what constitutes “Asia” differ, there is little disagreement that the epi-center for the rise of Asia sits in eastern and southeastern Asia, with China as the most prominent nation in …