Peace and War in the Shadow of Power Shifts: A Geopolitical Theory of Preventive War

• In Event: Asymmetric Insecurities: Strong Versus Weak and Weak Versus Strong in International Politics

Brief Overview

This paper argues that as power shifts between two great powers, if the geographic conditions of the rising power's domain and that of the declining power's domain provide them with the advantages to project military powers, war is likely to occur.

Author

• Yihei Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University