UM E-Theses Collection (澳門大學電子學位論文庫)
- Title
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"Balance of threat" theory and strategic options : Southeast Asian countries' perceptions and response to the U.S. and China
- English Abstract
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This thesis critically applied the “Balance of Threat” theory to the analysis and interpretation of alliance behavior patterns of weak secondary states represented by Southeast Asian countries, and attempted to illustrate that the most important factor affecting the behavior patterns of the weak secondary states is their threat perception towards the surrounding powers, and more specifically, in the example of Southeast Asian countries and China or the United States, the perception of Southeast Asian countries towards whether the two great power have offensive intentions upon them. This thesis also introduced the “hedging behavior” as a new pattern of behavior into the system “balance of threat” theory, strengthening explanation power of the theory in the interpretation of the behavior patterns of weak secondary states and the patterns when the states didn’t conduct neither balancing nor bandwagoning behaviors.
- Issue date
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2012.
- Author
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Zhu, Yi Fei
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences (former name: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities)
- Department
- Department of Government and Public Administration
- Degree
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M.A.
- Subject
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China -- Foreign relations -- Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia -- Foreign relations -- China
United States -- Foreign relations -- Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Supervisor
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Song Weiqing
- Files In This Item
- Location
- 1/F Zone C
- Library URL
- 991007228529706306