Int Rel Theo War

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  - Stability of International Systems
- Degree of Territorial Expansion
- Territorial Outcomes under Unipolar Systems
- Territorial Outcomes under Bipolar Systems
- Territorial Outcomes under Multipolar Systems


  • The Transhistorical Principles

    • Anarchy and the Tendency to Hegemonies

      • International Relations Anarchy in the Theoretical Research of

      • Realism Relate to Anarchy The Way Constructivism, Neoliberalism, and

      • Status Quo, Revisionism, and Aspiration for Power



    • Homeostasis and Preservation of the System

      • Homeostasis in the International System

        • Historical Examples Homeostasis in International Systems:



      • Homeostasis and Feedback Models

        • War and Homeostasis The International Relations Theory of







  • Polarity of the System: The Independent Variable

    • System: The State The Most Important Player in the International

    • Great Power or Polar Power

    • Polar Power in the Current Study

      • Between Sea Power and Land Power



    • Possible Polarity Models

    • Polarity of the System and International Outcomes



  • Summary of the Principle of the Model

    • Theory of War The Systemic Status of the International Relations

    • Other Key Realist Theories The International Relations Theory of War and





    1. Polarity of the System





    1. How the Research Is Empirically Examined



    • Systemic Factors and Stability of International Systems

    • Stability of International Systems—Quantitative Research

      • Multipolar Systems Systemic Factors and the Stability of

      • The Stability of the Multipolar System, 1849–1870

      • The Stability of the Multipolar System, 1910–1945

      • Systemic Factors and the Stability of Bipolar Systems

        • The Stability of the Bipolar System, 1816–1848

        • The Stability of the Bipolar System, 1871–1909







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