Abstract
According to Paul Kennedy, the international standing of a great power depends on a delicate balance between its military expenditure and economic capability. He posits that military overstretch and a relative political decline are the constant twin threats facing powers whose ambitions and military commitments exceed the capacity of their economic resource base. Does the evolution of the US-China relationship during the Obama era confirm the Kennedy thesis that no great power can exercise its dominance permanently?
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Patman, R. G., & Ferner, T. G. (2018). Paul Kennedy’s Conception of Great Power Rivalry and US-China Relations in the Obama Era. In The Changing East Asian Security Landscape (pp. 61–81). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18894-8_5
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