In America's Wake: A Comparison of Rising Power Foreign Policies
Abstract
This study makes a historical comparison of American foreign policy in the nineteenth century and Chinese foreign policy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in order to better understand the actions of rising powers in world orders already occupied by an incumbent global hegemon. The author considers those external and internal factors that contributed to each countrys foreign policies and examines how state actions evolve over time as comprehensive national power increases. The author concludes that both America and China exhibited similar behaviors in their international relations, despite significant differences in internal organizing principles and disparate polities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1030373
Entities
People
- Michael Guerrero
Organizations
- School of Advanced Air and Space Studies