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Territorial Expansion and Great Power Behavior During the Cold War A Theory of Armed Emergence
By Dylan Motin
Copyright 2025
166 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
166 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Motin examines great powers’ reactions to the rise of new powers in bipolar international systems by exploring an understudied problem: the rarity of armed emergence after 1945.
The book focuses on Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and Vietnam; the few minor powers that attempted to emerge as great powers through force during the Cold War. Geography and existing powers’ reactions are analyzed as the two key... Read more
1. Where Did the Conquerors Go?
2. Bipolarity and Armed Emergence
3. Nasserian Egypt, 1952–1973
4. Baathist Syria, 1963–2005
5. Baathist Iraq, 1968–1991
6. Vietnam, 1975–1990
7. Conclusion
Biography
Dylan Motin is a visiting scholar at the Seoul National University Asia Center, South Korea. He is also a non-resident Kelly Fellow at the Pacific Forum and a non-resident research fellow at the ROK Forum for Nuclear Strategy. His research interests include balance-of-power theory, great power competition, and Korean affairs.
