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This critical analysis of long-term trends and recent developments in world systems examines such questions as: Will the cycles of boom and bust, peace and war of the past 500 years continue? Or have either long-term trends or recent changes so profoundly altered the structure of world systems that these cycles will end or take on a less destructive form? The noted international contributors to this volume examine the question of future dominance of the core global systems and include comprehensive discussions of the economic, political and military role of the Pacific Rim, Japan and the former Soviet Union.
Future Hegemonic Rivalry between China and the West?
Future Hegemonic Rivalry between China and the West?
Currently, there is unipolar distribution of power. The USA reigns supreme. I shall first analyse how we arrived where we are and then argue that Russia's economic power will remain insufficient to underwrite a renewed attempt to establish global leadership. While the European Community still commands sufficient resources for exercising global leadership, it lacks the political foundation for unitary action. Moreover, the European addiction to the welfare state undermines European competitiveness. Japan is too much of a ‘trading state’ and unlikely to become a first-rate military power. Moreover, Japan might already have been overtaken by China in economic size. So, count Russia, Europe and Japan out as conceivable challengers to ...
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