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This dissertation examines an unexplored issue in the international relations literature: how do leading global powers respond to changes in the distribution of capabilities between minor powers in peripheral regions? In particular, do they accommodate or oppose rising regional …

This dissertation uses systems theory to describe how and why two regional powers, Australia and India, are using their international radio stations, Radio Australia and All India Radio, in the post-Cold War era. In an era of change in the world political system, many countries …

This dissertation aims build a theory of regional power politics under unipolarity that explains the second-tier states' security problematique from the perspective of these states. In doing so, it answers two interrelated questions: 1) What is the security goal of regional powe…