The Rise of the European Powers, 1679-1793 by Jeremy Black

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These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. Under which conditions do rising states become revisionist and declining states seek to maintain the status quo? Keywords This general trend leaves an important question unanswered, however.

What are the origins of revisionism and status-quo seeking? Building on past research, I recognize that rising states tend toward revisionism and declining states tend toward status-quo seeking. 1 In this book, I explore the prior issue of the origins of revisionist and status-quo goals. When scholars categorize states as revisionist or status-quo seeking they are able to explain important outcomes in international politics, such as war and peace.

Whereas revisionists seek to change the way things are in international politics, status-quo seekers strive to preserve things as they are. Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Gabon Republic, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.Recently, international relations scholars have again begun to distinguish between states with revisionist goals and those with status-quo goals.

The Rise of the European Powers, 1679-1793 by Jeremy Black