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A Tale of Two Systems: How Goal, Power, and Will Drive the U.S.-China Rivalry book cover

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A Tale of Two Systems How Goal, Power, and Will Drive the U.S.-China Rivalry

By Kai Jin Copyright 2027
190 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Combining neoclassical realism and political psychology, this book conducts a Cost Dynamics analysis of the goal, power, and will of the U.S. and China. It argues that while the strategic competition between the two countries is intense, it sustains a fragile balance of competition without outright conflict.   Addressing both opportunity and audience costs, the book explores how domestic... Read more

1: Neoclassical Realism and Psychology of Costs  2: Divergent Goals and Cost Dynamics  3: Contested Powers: Strategic Cultures at War?  4: A Clash of Wills: Psychological Boundaries of Strategic Competition  5: Taiwan Issue: Mixed Pressures vs. Bottom Lines  6: The South China Sea Issue: Strategic Gaming under a “Two-Tiered Structure”  7: The Fluidity of “Technological Power”: Limits of Technological Decoupling

Biography

Kai Jin is a Visiting Fellow at the Yonsei Institute for Sinology, Yonsei University, South Korea. His academic interests include China-South Korea relations and China-U.S. relations. His current research project focuses on the interactions between great and middle powers—particularly in East Asia—through the lenses of neoclassical realism and political psychology.

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