What is Complex Interdependence?

Calvin Michel Sidjaja on February 16th, 2008

On the past several weeks, I’ve been researching a little about complex interdependence for my thesis, that’s why I become so lazy to put anything international-relations-related. My brain was too busy to think whatever outside the thesis. Primarily, I proposed idea to analyze conflictual pattern of Japan-China relations in 2001-2007, but my professor said to analyze solely on conflictual relation is simply oversimplifying overall Japan-China relations.

Luckily my friend just finished her thesis, and she lend me her copy of “Power and Interdependence”, a book authored by Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye which could be used as alternative approach toward state relationship. Complex Interdependence, as complicated as it might sounds, it’s actually not too hard to understand if we could grasp the concept. If you are looking some simple reference toward this concept, you might want to read this article.
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