Social evolution of international politics: From mearsheimer to jervis

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-55

  Tang, Shiping ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Defensive realism; Evolutionary science; Grand theory; Offensive realism; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649250682     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066109344010     Document Type: Article

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