{"product_id":"punctuated-equilibria-and-sino-american-relations-lulls-and-lurches-across-the-pacific-paperback-softback-9781009634465","title":"Punctuated Equilibria and Sino-American Relations; Lulls and Lurches across the Pacific (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009634465","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePunctuated Equilibria and Sino-American Relations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLulls and Lurches across the Pacific\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChanges in international relations, just as in our daily lives, can come fast and furious. This book explains why.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteve Chan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009634465, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn many areas of the natural and physical world, long periods of seeming stasis or small incremental changes are interrupted by large, sudden leaps. This book illustrates how similar processes characterize international relations. This book points to such occurrences, for example the collapse of the USSR, the unravelling of Napoleon's wartime alliance, and the possible future status of the US dollar; and it illustrates in greater detail the admission of China to the United Nations, the history of economic development of various countries, and the possible formation of a countervailing coalition against US primacy. Steve Chan investigates these instances and explains the dynamics governing these processes of lulls and lurches and illuminates how qualitative research can apply the Boolean logic to study systematically the danger of a possible future Sino-American conflict based on past episodes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: the perspective of punctuated equilibrium\u003cbr\u003e 2. Punctuated equilibria: a review of political science literature\u003cbr\u003e 3. Epochal Breaks in sino-American relations, and lulls and lurches\u003cbr\u003e 4. Prospects of US intervention in a Taiwan crisis and the conjunctive logic\u003cbr\u003e 5. War, uneven economic growth, and trees don't grow to the Sky\u003cbr\u003e 6. Political entrepreneurship, narrative construction, and pitching the enemy image\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conclusion: from sino-American relations to the evolving global picture.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415671009560,"sku":"9781009634465","price":26.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009634465i.jpg?v=1784421567","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/punctuated-equilibria-and-sino-american-relations-lulls-and-lurches-across-the-pacific-paperback-softback-9781009634465","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}