1st Edition

Geostrategic Psychology and the Rise of Forbearance

By JIANG Peng Copyright 2023
344 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

344 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

344 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Based on the framework of geostrategic psychology, this book elucidates the intrinsic law of the rise and fall of great powers and gives insights into the quandary of China's rise and the mechanism behind the strategy. Conflating geopolitics and strategic psychology, geostrategic psychology is rooted in the historical study of strategy and premised on an assumption that human beings bear... Read more
1. Trend Anxiety and Conflict Intention: Defensive Aggression in the Competition for Regional Dominance, 2. The “Philip Trap” and the Strategic Overdraft of the Rise of a Sea-Land Composite Power, 3. The “William's Dilemma” and the Strategic Choice of the Rise of a Sea-Land Composite Power, 4. Same Color Competition and Different Color Complementarity: Strategic Counterattack Caused by the Thinking of “Developing Both Sea and Land”, 5. Reverse Strategy: The Check and Balance the Weak, 6. How Can a Weighted Country Raise Its Own Price?: A Research on the “Corinth Puzzle” in Alliance Politics under the Bipolar Pattern, 7. The Analysis of the Utility of Geostrategic Psychology in Cracking the “Sandwich” Check-and-Balance Structure of Rising Countries, 8. Edge Trapping: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Anti-containment Strategy under the Bipolar System, 9. Role Cognition and Discourse Construction: The Political Logic of Selective Intervention by Hegemonic Powers, 10. Unintentionally Doing Evil without Punishment: The Application of Geostrategic Psychology in Avoiding Hegemonic Containment

Biography

Jiang Peng is Associate Professor at Sun Yat-Sen University, China. His research fields include the theory of Western international relations, theory of the rise of great powers, geopolitics and history of modern international relations.