Books

• Acemoglu, Daron, Robinson, James (2012), ‘Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty,’ (Crown Publishing)
• Arrighi, Giovanni (1994), ‘The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times,’ (Verso)
• Arrighi, Giovanni (2008), ‘Adam Smith in Beijing,’ (Verso)
• Baylis, John, Smith, Steve, & Owens, Patricia (2011), ‘The Globalization of World Politics,’ (5th edn, Oxford University Press)
• Brzezinski, Zbigniew (1997), ‘The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives,’ (Basic Books)
• Cohn, Theodore H. (2016), Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice, (7th edn, Routledge)
• Danilovic, Vesna (2002), ‘When the Stakes Are High: Deterrence and Conflict among Major Powers,’ (University of Michigan Press)
• Geller, Daniel S., Singer, David J. (1998), ‘Nations at War: A Scientific Study of International Conflict’, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
• Gilpin, Robert (1981), ‘War and Change in World Politics,’ (Cambridge University Press)
• Kennedy, Paul (1987), ‘The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000,’ (Random House) 
• Lai, David (2011), ‘The United States and China in Power Transition,’ (Strategic Studies Institute Book)
• Landes, David S. (1998), ‘The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Others So Poor,’ (W. W. Norton & Company)
• Lemke, Douglas (2002), ‘Regions of War and Peace,’ (Cambridge University Press)
• Leonard, Mark (2008), ‘What Does China Think?,’ (London: Fourth Estate)
• Mearsheimer, John J. (2001), The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, (W. W. Norton & Company)
• Morgenthau, Hans J. (1948), ‘Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace,’ (New York: Knopf)
• O’Brien, Robert, & Williams, Marc (2016), ‘Global Political Economy: Evolution and Dynamics,’ (5th edn, Palgrave Macmillan)
• Organski, A. F. K (1968), ‘World Politics,’ (New York: Knopf)
• Organski, A. F. K, Kugler, Jacek (1980), ‘The War Ledger,’ (University of Chicago Press)
• Tammen et al. (2000), ‘Power Transitions: Strategies for the 21st Century,’ (Seven Bridges Press, LLC/ Chatham House)
• Wallerstein, Immanuel (2007), ‘World -System Analysis: An Introduction,’ (5th edn, Duke University Press)
• Waltz, Kenneth N. (1959), Man, the State and War: A Theoretical Analysis, (Columbia University Press)

Chapters of Books

• Guzzini, Stefano (1997), ‘Robert Gilpin: The Realist Quest for the Dynamics of Power,’ In Iver B. Neumann and Ole Wæver (eds.) ‘The Future of International Relations,’ ( London: Routledge)
• Kennedy, Scott (2012), ‘China in Global Governance: What Kind of Status Quo Power?,’ In Scott Kennedy and Shuaihua Cheng (eds.) ‘From Rule Takers to Rule Makers: The Growing Role of Chinese in Global Governance,’ (Research Center for Chinese Politics & Business)
• Kugler, Jacek, Lemke, Douglas (2000), ‘The Power Transition Research Program: Assessing Theoretical and Empirical Advances.’ In Manus I. Midlarsky(ed.), pp. 129–63, ‘Handbook of War Studies II,’ (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press)
• Kugler, Jacek, Organski A. F. K. (1989), ‘The Power Transition: A Retrospective and Prospective Evaluation,’  In Manus I. Midlarsky (ed.)  ‘Handbook of War Studies,’ pp. 171–94, (Boston: Unwin Hyman. Reprint, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993)
• Kugler, Jacek, Tamen, Ronald (2004), ‘Regional Challenge: China’s Rise to Power,’ In Jim Rolfe (eds), ‘The Asian-Pacific: a region in transition,’ pp. 33-53, (Honolulu: Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies) 

Journal Articles

• Beeson, Mark (2009), ‘Trading Places? China, The United States And The Evolution Of The International Political Economy,’ Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 729-741
• Beeson, Mark, Li, Fujian (2015), What consensus? Geopolitics and policy paradigms in China and the United States,’ International Affairs, Vol. 91, No. 1, 93–109 
• Biswas, Shampa (2016), ‘Stories of Hegemony: The Political Stakes of the Rise and Decline of US Power,’ The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 1031-1039
•  Burk, Kathleen (2013), ‘The Rise and Decline of the American “Empire”: Power and its Limits in Comparative Perspective, by Geir Lundestad,’ The English Historical Review, Volume 128, Issue 534, 1 October 2013, Pages 1321–1323 
• Chiang, Min-Hua (2015), ‘The US hegemony, East Asia and global governance,’ Bandung: Journal of the Global South, Vol. 2, No. 9, pp. 1-13 
• Clark, Ian (2011), ‘China and the United States: a succession of hegemonies?,’ International Affairs, Vol. 87, No.1 (January), pp. 13-28 
• Cox, Robert W. (1983), ‘Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations: An Essay in Method,’ Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Vol 12, Issue 2, pp. 162-175 
• Gibbs, David N. (2001), ‘Washington’s New Interventionism: U.S Hegemony and Inter-Imperialist Rivalries,’ Monthly Review, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 15-37 
• Hung, Ho-fung (2013), ‘China: Saviour or Challenger of the Dollar Hegemony?,’ Development and Change, Vol. 44, Issue 6, pp. 1341-1361 
• Ikenberry, G. John (2011), The Future of the Liberal World Order: Internationalism After America,’ Foreign Affairs, Vol. 90, No. 3 (May/June), pp. 56-62, 63-68 
• Ikenberry, G. John (2014), ‘From Hegemony to the Balance of Power: The Rise of China and American Grand Strategy in East Asia,’ International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 41–63 
• Kwon, Roy (2011), ‘Hegemonies in the World System: An Empirical Assessment of Hegemonic Sequences from the 16th to 20th Century,’ Sociological Perspectives, Vol. 54, No. 4, (Fall), pp. 593-617 
• Layne, Christopher (2008), ‘China’s Challenge to US Hegemony,’ Current History, pp. 13-18 
• Lemke, Douglas, Reed, William (1996), ‘Regime types and status quo evaluations: Power transition theory and the democratic peace,’ International Interactions, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 143-164 
• Lemke, Douglas, Werner, Suzanne (1996), ‘Power Parity, Commitment to Change, and War,’ International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 235-260 
• Lim, Yves-Heng (2015), ‘How (Dis)Satisfied is China? A power transition theory perspective,’ Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 24, No. 92, pp. 280-297 
• Mearsheimer, John (2006), ‘China’s Unpeaceful Rise,’ Current History, Vol. 105, No. 690, April, pp. 160-2 
• Mingran, Tan (2015), ‘On China’s Challenge to American Hegemony,’ Journal of Chinese Humanities, 1, pp. 313-334 
• Onea, Tudor (2008/9), ‘The American Empire and Its Discontents,’ International Journal, Vol. 64, No. 1, Electoral Politics and Policy: Annual John W. Holmes Issue on Canadian Foreign Policy (Winter), pp. 261-281 
• Shor, Francis (2012), ‘Declining US Hegemony and Rising Chinese Power: A Formula for Conflict?,’ Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 157-167  
• Wallerstein, Immanuel (1983), ‘The Three Instances of Hegemony in the History of the Capitalist World Economy,’ International Journal of Comparative Sociology, XXIV, pp. 100-108 
• Wallerstein, Immanuel (2000), ‘Globalization or the Age of Transition?,’ International Sociology, Vol. 15, Issue 2, pp. 249-265 
• Wallerstein, Immanuel (2005), ‘The Curve of American Power,’ New Left Review¸ Vol. 40, pp. 1-20 
• Webb, Michael C., Krasner, Stephen D. (1989), ‘Hegemonic Stability Theory: An Empirical Assessment,’ Review of International Studies, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 183-198 
• Yazid, Mohd. Noor Mat (2015), ‘The Theory of Hegemonic Stability, Hegemonic Power and International Political Economic Stability,’ Global Journal of Political Science and Administration, Vol.3, No.6, pp. 67-79

Online Articles

• Amadeo, Kimberly (2017), ‘U.S. Debt to China: How Much Does It Own?,’ The Balance, July 20, Available at: https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-debt-to-china-how-much-does-it-own-3306355
•  Arrighi, Giovanni (1997), ‘Financial Expansions in World Historical Perspective: A Reply to Robert Pollin,’ New Left Review I/224, July-August, Available at: https://newleftreview.org/I/224/giovanni-arrighi-financial-expansions-in -world-historical-perspective-a-reply-to-robert-pollin
•  Arrighi, Giovanni (2005), ‘Hegemony Unravelling-1,’ New Left Review 32, March-April, Available at: https://newleftreview.org/II/32/giovanni-arrighi-hegemony-unravelling-1 
•  Arrighi, Giovanni (2005), ‘Hegemony Unravelling-2,’ New Left Review 33, May-June, Available at: https://newleftreview.org/II/33/giovanni-arrighi-hegemony-unravelling-2
•  Brooks, Stephen G., Wohlforth, William C. (2016), ‘The Once and Future Superpower,’ Foreign Affairs, May/June Issue, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2016-04-13/once-and-future-superpower
•  Brzezinski, Zbigniew, Mearsheimer, John J. (2009), ‘Clash of the Titans,’ Foreign Policy, October 22, Available at: http://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/22/clash-of-the-titans/
•  Chilkoti, Avantina (2017), ‘International Monetary Fund Based in Beijing? Maybe, Its Director Says,’ New York Times, July 24, Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/us/politics/christine-lagarde-international-monetary-fund.html
•  Chodor, Tom (2015) ‘Review-Rethinking Hegemony,’ E-International Relations, Available at: http://www.e-ir.info/2015/09/14/review-rethinking-hegemony/
•  Colvin, Geoff (2017), ‘Study: China Will Overtake the U.S. as World’s Largest Economy Before 2030,’ Fortune, February 09, Available at: http://fortune.com/2017/02/09/study-china-will-overtake-the-u-s-as-worlds-largest-economy-before-2030/
•  Feigenbaum, Evan A. (2017), ‘China and the World,’ Foreign Affairs, January/February Issue, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2016-12-12/china-and-world 
•  Fukuyama, Francis (2016), ‘US against the world? Trump’s America and the new global order,’ Financial Times, November 11, Available at: https://www.ft.com/content/6a43cf54-a75d-11e6-8b69-02899e8bd9d1
•  Goodman, Matthew, Ratner, Ely (2014), ‘China Scores,’ Foreign Affairs, November 23, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2014-11-23/china-scores 
•  Hummel. Hartwig (1998), ‘Pax Nipponica? Global Hegemony and Japan in IR Theory,’ Heinrich-Heine-Universität, March 10, pp. 6-7, Available at: http://wwwalt.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/politik/Mitarbeiter/Hummel/paxnippon.pdf
•  Huntington, Samuel P. (1999), ‘The Lonely Superpower,’ Foreign Affairs, March/April Issue, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/1999-03-01/lonely-superpower
•  Ikenberry, John G. (2008), ‘The Rise of China and the Future of the West,’ Foreign Affairs, January/February Issue, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/asia/2008-01-01/rise-china-and-future-west
•  Kaplan, Robert D. (2010), ‘The Geography of Chinese Power,’ Foreign Affairs, May/June 2010, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2010-05-01/geography-chinese-power
•  Kelly, Robert (2013), ‘My September Diplomat Essay: Relax-Chinese Hegemony in Asia is Unlikely,’ Robert Kelly-Asian Security Blog, October 5, Available at: https://asiansecurityblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/05/my-september-diplomat-essay-relax-chinese-hegemony-in-asia-is-unlikely/
•  Keohane, Robert O. (2012), ‘Hegemony and After,’ Foreign Affairs, July/August Issue, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/review-essay/hegemony-and-after
• Kim, Anthony, Schaefer, Brett (2013), ‘Thirty Years of Voting in the U.N. General Assembly: The U.S. Is Nearly Always in the Minority,’ The Heritage Foundation, September 17, Available at: http://www.heritage.org/global-politics/report/thirty-years-voting-the-un-general-assembly-the-us-nearly-always-the
• Kissinger, Henry A (2012), ‘The Future of U.S.-Chinese Relations,’ Foreign Affairs, March/April Issue, Available at:  https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2012-03-01/future-us-chinese-relations
• Lai, David (2012), ‘Op-Ed: The Romance of Great Powers in Northeast Asia,’, Strategic Studies Institute, October 23, Available at: http://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/index.cfm/articles/The-Romance-of-Great-Powers-in-Northeast-Asia/2012/10/23
• Lai, David (2016), ‘The US-China Power Transition: Stage II,’ The Diplomat, June 30, Available at: http://thediplomat.com/2016/07/the-us-china-power-transition-stage-ii/
• Lai, David, Gellert, Fred (2017), ‘Between Business and War: A Vital Choice for the United States and China,’ Strategic Studies Institute, March 29, Available at:  http://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/index.cfm/articles/between-business-and-war/2017/03/29
• Lannoo, Karel (2014), ‘G-20 Plus Five,’ Foreign Affairs, February 27, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2014-02-27/g-20-plus-five
• Li, Eric X. (2016), ‘The End of Globalism,’ Foreign Affairs, December 9, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2016-12-09/end-globalism
• Liao, Rebecca (2017), ‘Awkwardness at the G-20,’ Foreign Affairs, July 17, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2017-07-17/awkwardness-g-20
• Mearsheimer, John J. (2001), ‘The Future of the American Pacifier,’ Foreign Affairs, September/ October, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2001-09-01/future-american-pacifier
• Mearsheimer, John J. (2014), ‘Can China Rise Peacefully?,’ The National Interest, October 25, Available at: http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/can-china-rise-peacefully-10204?page=show
• Mearsheimer, John J., Walt, Stephen M. (2016), ‘The Case for Offshore Balancing,’, Foreign Affairs, July/August, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2016-06-13/case-offshore-balancing
• Narlikar, Amrita (2017), ‘The Real Power of the G-20,’ Foreign Affairs, July 25, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2017-07-25/real-power-g-20
• Nathan, Andrew J., Scobell, Andrew (2012), ‘How China Sees America,’ Foreign Affairs, September/October Issue, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2012-08-16/how-china-sees-america
• Nye Joseph S. (2017), ‘Will the Liberal Order Survive?,’ January/February 2017 Issue, Available at:  https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2016-12-12/will-liberal-order-survive
• Ormerod, Paul (2017), ‘Projections that the Chinese economy will overtake America’s any time soon are fanciful,’ CITY AM, February 8, Available at: http://www.cityam.com/258595/projections-chinese-economy-overtake-americas-any-time-soon
• Patton, Mike (2016), ‘U.S. Role In Global Economy Declines Nearly 50%,’ Forbes, February 29, Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2016/02/29/u-s-role-in-global-economy-declines-nearly-50/ 
• Petras, James (2010), ‘The US and China: One Side is Losing, the Other is Winning,’ Information Clearing House, January 03, Available at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2016-12-09/end-globalism
• Scott, Malcolm, Sam Cedric (2016), ‘China and the United States: Tale of Two Giant Economies,’ Bloomberg, May 12, Available at: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016-us-vs-china-economy/
• Wallerstein, Immanuel (2003), ‘U.S. Weakness and the Struggle for Hegemony,’ Monthly Review, Vol. 55, Issue 03, July-August, Available at: https://monthlyreview.org/2003/07/01/u-s-weakness-and-the-struggle-for-hegemony/

Websites:

• ‘Changing Patterns in the Use of the Veto in the Security Council,’ Global Policy Forum.
• ‘GDP long-term forecast’, OECD, Available at:https://data.oecd.org/gdp/gdp-long-term-forecast.htm#indicator-chart
• ‘Gross domestic product 2016’, World Bank, April 17, 2017, Available at: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/download/GDP.pdf
• ‘World military spending: Increases in the USA and Europe, decreases in oil-exporting countries,’ SIPRI, April 24, 2017, Available at: https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2017/world-military-spending-increases-usa-and-europe