FRAVEL M Taylor <br/><br/>
Regime insecurity and international cooperation:  explaining China's compromises in territorial disputes / 
by M Taylor Fravel 
 -  2005 
<br/><br/> Argues that regime insecurity, arising from internal threats such as rebellions and legitimacy crises, is the best explanation of why China has been willing to compromise on or postpone settlement of international disputes. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>CHINA--TERRITORIAL DISPUTES<br/>INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY