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The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations

With the rapid rise of China and the relative decline of the United States, the topic of power transition conflicts has received high scholarly attention. While the discipline of International Relations offers much on why violent power transition conflicts occur, there are very few substantive treatments of why and how peaceful changes take place in world politics.

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RSIS Researchers’ Comments in the Media
RSIS Researchers regularly provide comments through media interviews to share useful resource and insights on relevant topic. These include newspaper quotes, TV interviews as well as radio interviews. Click here for th ...
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EDITOR
Kenny Khoo
CONTRIBUTORS
Antara Chakraborthy
Claribel Low
Ian Li
Teo Ke Wei
Bhubhindar Singh
Eddie Lim
Kenny Khoo
Yasmine Wong
Cameron Sumpter
Frederick Kliem
Ong-Chew Peck Wan