https://www.scmp.com/rss/514038/feed Richard W. Hu is Professor and Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Power transition is a powerful logic in international relations discourse. Between rising powers and existing powers – or a formerly weaker power overtaking a stronger one – it is often viewed as dangerous in world politics. International relations scholars A.F.K. Organski, Jacek Kugler, and Robert Gilpin have long argued that power transition is a basic cause of systemic war. We have seen many wars occur when an emerging power threatens to displace an existing power. The rise and fall of great... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3198494/why-us-china-power-transition-does-not-have-be-dangerous-and-lead-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3198494/why-us-china-power-transition-does-not-have-be-dangerous-and-lead-war?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Nov 2022 01:30:06 +0000