Paths to primacy: How rising powers win domination in Asia, 1500-present

本奖学金旨在研究从公元1500年至今，崛起的大国如何、何时以及为何在历史上赢得了亚洲的地区统治。今天的中国有可能取代美国成为亚洲的头号强国。本研究将全面考察自1500年以来亚洲的历史地缘政治，并期望产生一个新的概念框架来解释崛起中的大国如何、何时以及为何成功或失败地从其大国竞争对手手中夺取地区主导权。该项目希望显著提高澳大利亚对造就现代亚洲的权力竞争的历史认识，并提高政策制定者在理解和应对现代地区霸权斗争方面从这段历史中学习的能力。

This Fellowship aims to investigate how, when and why rising powers have historically won regional domination in Asia from 1500CE-present. China today threatens to displace America as Asia’s pre-eminent power. This study will comprehensively examine Asia’s historical geopolitics since 1500, and expects to to produce a new conceptual framework that explains how, when and why rising powers either succeed or fail to seize regional primacy from their Great Power rivals. The project expects to significantly improve Australia’s historical understanding of the power contests that have made modern Asia, and enhance policymakers’ ability to learn from this history in understanding and responding to modern struggles for regional supremacy.