Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions
Climate Change and Power Transition Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12980907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Rodin (Southern Nazarene University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 65-84 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Strategic Security (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1944-0464 • E-ISSN: 1944-0472 |
| Publisher | University of South Florida Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5038/1944-0472.15.2.1969 |
| OpenAlex | W4385961416 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 53 |
Two of the biggest issues in international politics today are climate change and the ongoing power transition between the United States and China. However, very few works examine the way these issues interact with each other. This paper attempts to resolve this by integrating climate change into power transition theory (PTT), which attempts to capture the behavior of states in the midst of transition to or from global power. This paper first analyzes the literatures on the (tenuous) links between environmental degradation and interstate conflict as well as PTT. Opportunities for integration are then examined, especially focusing on climate change's impact on the central variables of power and state satisfaction. These theoretical links are then applied to the looming US-Sino transition and highlight how climate change opens up new arenas of great power competition, exacerbates tensions and impacts relative power in unpredictable ways
China · Climate change · Competition (biology · Economic system · Economics · Looming · Political economy · Political economy of climate change · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · State (computer science · Transition (genetics · Computer Science · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Psychology · Ecology
Global climate change, war, and population decline in recent human history
Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States
Global non-linear effect of temperature on economic production
China as a Polar Great Power
The International Politics of Climate Engineering
Why Climate Change and State Subsidies Will Collide to Create Fishery Conflict
Climate Change, Water Scarcity, and the Potential for Interstate Conflict in South Asia
Geoengineering and global warming
Political Marginalization, Climate Change, and Conflict in African Sahel States
China's water security
Constructing a “new type of great power relations”
How (Dis)Satisfied is China? A power transition theory perspective
Evaluating the ‘China threat’
China's Rising Global Profile
Is China’s rise now stalling
Regime types and status quo evaluations
Status Quo Preferences and Disputes Short of War
Empires, systems and states
How to Understand China
China’s Challenges
Is China a Status Quo Power
The Power of Nations
Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict
The Future of U.S.-China Relations
All Hell Breaking Loose
Power transitions, institutions, and China's rise in East Asia
Seeding the clouds to reach the sky
From International Linkages to Internal Divisions in China
The Apparent “Paradox” in China's Climate Policies
Is There a Power Transition between the U.S. and China? The Different Faces of National Power
Food scarcity and state vulnerability
Climate clashes? Weather variability, land pressure, and organized violence in Kenya, 1989–2004
The System Worked
What China Will Want
Power is not Satisfaction
But Power and Wealth are Satisfying
When Do Power Shifts Lead to War
Sustained drought, vulnerability and civil conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
Trends and triggers redux
Geoengineering
Could climate change precipitate peace
Geoengineering and Geologic Politics
The Geoengine
Securing Anticipatory Geographies
Climate-related natural disasters, economic growth, and armed civil conflict
Climate change, rainfall, and social conflict in Africa
The Continuation of History
Don't blame the weather! Climate-related natural disasters and civil conflict
Climate change and security
The security implications of fisheries
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |