The Triangular System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8911575 |
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| Authors | Carsten Holbraad (Department of International Relations The Australian National University, Canberra, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 81-89 |
| Publication date | 1973-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001083677300800201 |
| OpenAlex | W4241656230 |
| Language | EN |
The triangle of the United States, the Soviet Union, and China, though likely to represent only a stage in a transition from the duel of the original two super powers to a complex system of five or more powers, may be the dominant relationship of the seventies. Relations among the three powers will probably be a mixture of conflict and cooperation, though the mixture may not be the same on each side of the triangle. Stabilizing forces are at work in a great-power triad, but there are also sources of instability. A coalition of two powers against the third seems a distinct possibility
China · Economic system · Economics · International relations · Physics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Soviet union · Transition (genetics · Triad (sociology · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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