The historical record suggests that the transition to to a new hegemon has always been attended by what I have elsewhere called hegemonic war. (Robert Gilpin)

The historical record suggests that the transition to to a new hegemon has always been attended by what I have elsewhere called hegemonic war.

Robert Gilpin

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