Geriatric Peace - Mark L Haas

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Auteur(s) : Mark L Haas

Editeur : Oxford University Press

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/07/2025

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 360.0

ISBN : 9780197511732

Résumé :

• Dedication


• Acknowledgements


• List of Figures and Tables


• Chapter 1. Population Aging: Inevitable, and a Force for Peace


• Chapter 2. Population Aging and Reduced Capabilities for War


• Chapter 3. Population Aging and Reduced Preferences for War


• Chapter 4. Population Aging and Underbalancing in Japan


• Chapter 5. Population Aging, the Decline of China's Power, and Preferences for Peace


• Chapter 6. Population Aging in the United States: International Dominance and Domestic Polarization


• Chapter 7. Population Aging in Russia: Old, Aggressive, and Power Handicapped


• Chapter 8. Conclusion

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Biographie:
Mark L. Haas is the Duquesne Professor of Political Science at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He formerly was a National Security Fellow at the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies and an International Security Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, both at Harvard University. Haas received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Virginia and his B.A. in political science, economics, and history from Duke University.

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Sommaire:
This chapter explores the causes of population aging (diminishing fertility levels and rising life expectancies) and why it is inevitable in most countries. It then discusses the book's four main hypotheses. Advanced stages of population aging will significantly reduce states' capacity (or military capabilities) to war while increasing leaders' and citizens' preferences for peace (Hypothesis 1). Because of aging's impact on capabilities and preferences, demographically old countries will be less likely to initiate wars than will younger ones (Hypothesis 2). If an aged country does initiate war, the effects of aging will create major barriers to military success (Hypothesis 3). Finally, the effects of population aging will help prevent a power transition between the United States and China (Hypothesis 4). Although the United States confronts major challenges created by its aging population, it is significantly better shape in this area than is China. Population aging, as a result, will be a potent force for the continuation of US relative power dominance. The chapter concludes with analyses of: the book's contributions to the literature, counterarguments and their problems, operationalization of variables, and case selection criteria-- Provided by publisher....