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- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- © 2022 SAGE Publications
- ISSN
- 2347-7970
- eISSN
- 2349-0039
- DOI
- 10.1177/23477970221076646
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Some scholars argue that established great powers tend to launch preventive wars to halt and reverse power transition processes, while others argue that it is the rising great powers that initiate revisionist challenges. Through the application of the preventive war model and the theory of strategic competition, this article argues that we should identify the initiation of a hegemonic war in the agency of established great powers during power transition processes and that hegemonic confrontations, in the age of nuclear weapons, are limited to the diplomatic domain where great powers will compete for relative strategic influence in the world. The argument is then applied for a re-examination of China–USA relations as this provides a novel ground for testing its explanatory power. Based on our findings, the article further argues that the USA has been the instigator of a preventive strategic competition against China aimed to halt and reverse the ongoing power transition process.
Journal
Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs – SAGE
Published: Apr 1, 2022