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Five Systemic Transition Dynamics and Conflict Drivers in the China–United States Transition Context
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The Main Kantian Arguments: A Sketch The Main Kantian Arguments: A Sketch
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Is the Democratic Peace Likely to Apply to Transitions? Is the Democratic Peace Likely to Apply to Transitions?
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Does Economic Interdependence Suppress International Conflict? Does Economic Interdependence Suppress International Conflict?
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Obstacles to Great Power Emergence Obstacles to Great Power Emergence
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Markets are already staked out Markets are already staked out
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Bending the rules with strategic trade policies Bending the rules with strategic trade policies
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Convergence on the same sectors and industries Convergence on the same sectors and industries
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Competition for access to energy Competition for access to energy
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Contemporary Departures from Historical-Structural Expectations? Contemporary Departures from Historical-Structural Expectations?
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International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) and Peace International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) and Peace
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Causal Mechanisms: How and Why IGOs Are Expected to Have Pacifying Effects Causal Mechanisms: How and Why IGOs Are Expected to Have Pacifying Effects
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Should We Discount the IGO-Conflict Reduction Connection? Should We Discount the IGO-Conflict Reduction Connection?
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Organizational Mortality and Decay Organizational Mortality and Decay
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Disjunctions between Institutions and Power Distributions Disjunctions between Institutions and Power Distributions
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Disjunctions between IGO Problem-Solving Capacities and the Range of Functional Problems in Need of Solution Disjunctions between IGO Problem-Solving Capacities and the Range of Functional Problems in Need of Solution
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China-Specific Reasons China-Specific Reasons
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The Nuclear Constraint The Nuclear Constraint
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Conclusions Conclusions
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Six Constraints on Transition Conflict
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Published:September 2013
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Abstract
Conflict arenas in the past possessed far fewer constraints on conflict escalation than characterize the present and, presumably, the future. Four types of constraints are focused upon: democratic peace, economic interdependence, international organizations, and nuclear deterrence. Our question is how, and to what extent, are these factors relevant to a situation involving a rising China and a declining United States. We find that their applicability varies. Given a persistently authoritarian China, joint democracy is not likely to be a major factor. Nuclear deterrence is based more on beliefs than empirical evidence. Economic interdependence provides a better fit but the nature of industrialized productivity and marketing tends to generate mixed effects – some constraining while others inducing conflict. Of the four, international organizations seem least likely to play much of a role in a United States-China face-off.
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