Fateful transitions : how democracies manage rising powers, from the eve of World War I to China's ascendance / Daniel M. Kliman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kliman, Daniel M., author.

Series:

Haney Foundation Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

International relations--Case studies.

Security, International.

Security, International--Case studies.

Great powers.

Physical Description:

vii, 234 p. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As China emerges as a global force in the twenty-first century, questions of how existing great powers will navigate the geopolitical transition loom large. In Fateful Transitions, Daniel M. Kliman revisits historic power shifts to shed light on enduring patterns in international relations, demonstrating that the regime type of ascendant powers greatly influences global interactions. Since the late nineteenth century, the world's major democracies have tended to accommodate or conciliate ascendant democratic states. Certain attributes of democracy, such as a free press and domestic checks and balances, encourage trust during power shifts, whereas closed and autocratic regimes on the ascent tend to produce a cycle of suspicion, competition, and confrontation. Drawing on democratic peace theory and power transition theory, Kliman compares Great Britain's embrace of U.S. ascendancy in the early twentieth century to its confrontational stance toward autocratic Germany and later U.S. mistrust of the Soviet Union. Within this geopolitical context, he evaluates the interactions between China and current great powers, the United States and Japan. Building on this analysis, Kliman offers new insights into the dynamics of power shifts and explores their implications for how today's established and emerging powers can successfully navigate fateful transitions.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Fateful Transitions

Chapter 2. Power Shifts and Strategy

Chapter 3. Pax Britannica Eclipsed

Chapter 4. Germany Resurgent

Chapter 5. Red Star Rising

Chapter 6. Emerging Superpower

Chapter 7. Neighboring Titan

Chapter 8. Implications for the Twenty-First Century

Appendix 1: Omitted Cases

Appendix 2: Coding Checks and Balances

Appendix 3: Measuring Freedom of the Press

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780812290295

0812290291

OCLC:

893680249