International relations theory and China's rise: Assessing China's potential for territorial expansion

International Studies Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 505-532

  Taylor Fravel, M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL POWER; SUPERPOWER; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE;

CHINA;

EID: 78650122720     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2010.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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