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Beyond the Dyad: Japan’s Role in the US-China Power Transition Debate
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/132342 Beyond the Dyad: Japan’s Role in the US-China Power Transition Debate Van Niekerk, Gerhard Cornelissen, Scarlett Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Political Science. Japan -- Foreign relations -- China Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States Great powers -- Asia World politics -- 21st century International relations -- Japan Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. Van Niekerk, G. 2025. Beyond the Dyad: Japan’s Role in the US-China Power Transition Debate. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/19ac8079-e7a2-45a7-9e5f-e3b355818c4f ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study expands Power Transition Theory (PTT) by incorporating extradyadic influences into the analysis of East Asia, using Lemke’s multiple hierarchies model. Traditionally, PTT focuses on the primary dyad, in this case the United States (US)-China dyad. This research argues that Japan, as an extradyadic state, plays a critical role in shaping regional dynamics. By examining the period from 2010 to 2024, the study highlights Japan’s dual efforts to support the US-led Liberal International Order (LIO) and resist China’s hegemonic ambitions through military cooperation and economic leverage. This research critiques the reductionism inherent in traditional PTT, emphasising the need to account for peripheral dyads, multidimensional factors, and ideational influences, to offer a more comprehensive understanding of great power relations. It proposes an expanded PTT framework that incorporates peripheral dyads to better explain the complexities of great power rivalry. Additionally, the study finds positive evidence for the wider use of ideational factors in analysing state satisfaction, demonstrating that China’s foreign policy is driven not only by material power but also by ideational evaluations. Additionally, it demonstrates that much of China and Japan’s mutual dissatisfaction is explained by ideational factors. This expanded approach enhances the validity of PTT by offering a more nuanced and multidimensional view of great power dynamics as well as demonstrating the need to view great power rivalries as regional-global interactions. This study recommends that future PTT studies include a wider use of expansionist concepts as well as the proposed peripheral actor impact model. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen Afrikaanse opsomming beskikbaar nie. Masters 2025-06-04T09:59:56Z 2025-06-04T09:59:56Z 2025-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/132342 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 155 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Japan -- Foreign relations -- China Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States Great powers -- Asia World politics -- 21st century International relations -- Japan Van Niekerk, Gerhard Beyond the Dyad: Japan’s Role in the US-China Power Transition Debate |
| title | Beyond the Dyad: Japan’s Role in the US-China Power Transition Debate |
| title_full | Beyond the Dyad: Japan’s Role in the US-China Power Transition Debate |
| title_fullStr | Beyond the Dyad: Japan’s Role in the US-China Power Transition Debate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond the Dyad: Japan’s Role in the US-China Power Transition Debate |
| title_short | Beyond the Dyad: Japan’s Role in the US-China Power Transition Debate |
| title_sort | beyond the dyad japan s role in the us china power transition debate |
| topic | Japan -- Foreign relations -- China Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States Great powers -- Asia World politics -- 21st century International relations -- Japan |
| url | https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/132342 |
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