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Why C hina's Rise May Not Cause Major Power‐Transition War: A Review Essay
Author(s) -
Peou Sorpong
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian politics and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1943-0787
pISSN - 1943-0779
DOI - 10.1111/aspp.12080
Subject(s) - democracy , cold war , economics , power (physics) , empirical evidence , political science , keynesian economics , positive economics , law , philosophy , politics , epistemology , physics , thermodynamics
This article seeks to review these theoretical debates in light of recent empirical evidence. The two publications are selected for two reasons. First, C hina's Ascent is a collection of contributions made by leading scholars in the field of international security and is based on different optimistic perspectives on the question of C hina's rise. The second publication, S outheast A sia and the Rise of C hina , was more recently published. Based on some of the theoretical insights and empirical evidence presented by the authors in the two volumes, I argue that the A sia‐ P acific region is bound to remain stable and potentially more peaceful if and when C hina becomes a liberal democracy.