Böcker av Steve (University of Colorado Chan

This book analyses the influence of geography-defined broadly to refer to physical size, location, terrain, accessibility, insularity, climate, regions, neighborhoods, natural endowment, strategic pathways, maritime and continental orientations, and even imagined communities-on international relations.

China's growth has called attention to the power-transition theory, which contends that the danger of a major war is the greatest when a rising dissatisfied challenger threatens to overtake a declining satisfied hegemon. The author questions this prevailing view by analyzing the extent of ongoing power shifts among the leading powers.