The theory of dyadic strategic determinism: matching, mismatching or disrupting in the US-USSR/Russia and the US-China dyads: 1945-present
| dc.contributor.author | DEMPSEY, ANTHONY | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Charron Andrea (Political Studies) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Linden, Rick (Sociology) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Fegusson, James (Political Studies) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-27T14:01:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-03-27T14:01:04Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2020-03-26 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2020-03-25T20:07:49Z | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2020-03-27T01:52:50Z | en_US |
| dc.degree.discipline | Political Studies | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper demonstrates that the military strategies of states in dyadic interactions are predictable as a function of relative power. Each state pursues a strategy of internal balancing against a primary adversary. The independent variable in dyadic interactions is the extant hard power of each state. The dependent variable is the reactive response of each, with three possible outcomes: matching (countering the adversary by balancing its military might in kind), mismatching (pursuing military-parity via one-sided specialization) and disruption (seeking a military balance that repudiates static hard power balancing, in favour of terrorism and unconventional or asymmetrical warfare. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | May 2020 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Chicago | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/34588 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | International Relations, Dyadic Interactions, Realism, Neorealism | en_US |
| dc.title | The theory of dyadic strategic determinism: matching, mismatching or disrupting in the US-USSR/Russia and the US-China dyads: 1945-present | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |