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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Power Transition"”.
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What Causes Power Transition Conflicts?: Evidence from Interactions between International and Domestic Politics
… between ascending challengers and dominant powers, competing for leadership in the international community, have profoundly altered the international structure. Political scientists’ efforts to propose generalizable theories about the causes of major conflicts often overlook domestic …
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The Relationship Between State Dissatisfaction and the Level of Conflict In State Dyads: the Revised Power Transition Theory
… or to reduce the probability of the occurrence? Power Transition Theory (PTT) argues that power parity and state dissatisfaction are the two necessary conditions for a state to initiate a war. However, it can only explain wars among major power states. This study aims to expand the explanatory …
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Generalizing power transitions as a cause of war
… I ask three questions about the nature of power transition theory. First, I ask whether power transition theory can be generalized beyond identification of great powers or regional hierarchies. Lemke and Werner introduce the concept of a multiple hierarchical order, in which mutually …
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Power growth and decay and conflict behavior in dyadic rivalries: A dynamic model
… relationship between two competing nations' power levels and their conflictual behavior toward one another. A formal model is developed by drawing on the balance of power and power transition literatures. The model, a system of differential equations, is then analyzed in order to answer …
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From Analog to Digital: The Geopolitical and Socioeconomic Calculus of Central Bank Digital Currencies
… and Frost 2020). But does the story end here? Power Transition predicts that a rising challenger dissatisfied with the status quo will seek to adjust the international order (Tammen 2000). Dedollarization of international trade, development of alternate payment infrastructures not subject to …
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Territorial and Maritime Disputes in South China Sea: The United States' Strategic Plan of Response
<p>Power Transition Theory has been one of the most robust theories looking into the structural aspect of war and cooperation in world politics. A common concern arising out of such a policy is when war is predicted. The likelihood of the war keeps increasing as an ascendant power crosses over a …
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Physics of the helicon antenna on the prototype materials exposure experiment
… (2 – 3 eV) during a helicon pulse. This transition is observed when Deuterium gas is puffed into the device and is dependent on operating configurations. The Proto-MPEX helicon antenna is a quarter turn right handed helical twist antenna powered by RF at 13.56 MHz and > 110 kW of power. …
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China-U.S Relations: Techno‑Nationalism, Strategic Entrapment, and Taiwan.
… It argues that traditional explanations such as power transition theory alone cannot fully explain the deterioration of the relationship. Instead, the study introduces the concept of techno-nationalism, where technological leadership becomes tied to national identity, economic security, and …
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The Expansionistic Aspirations Of The People's Republic Of China
… of Taiwan. Taiwan is critical to the balance of power in Asia. The PRC is moving to forcibly take Taiwan in an effort to secure the Chinese Communist Party's rule over mainland China and to embarrass the United States militarily. The power transition in Asia will have devastating effects for the …
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Commitment and conflict
… relations there is no actor with a monopoly of power to enforce contracts between states. States then face a commitment problem when bargaining to prevent war. This dissertation explores three models where this commitment problem can lead to war. The first chapter presents a model that allows …
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Control and operation of MMC-HVDC system for connecting offshore wind farm
… parameter ranges and interactions between the power and AC voltage.;For the offshore AC network, system control and response during offshore AC faults need to be carefully considered. During an offshore fault, both the offshore MMC and WT converters have to ensure their safe operation by …
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A Tacticians Guide to Conflict, Vol. 1: Advancing Explanations & Predictions of Intrastate Conflict
… conflict, however these models lack explanatory power. Decision makers need a solution that can provide accurate explanations and predictions at higher frequencies and geographic granularity – essentially theory informed machine learning models. To achieve this, relational data, constructed from …