The current debate is reminiscent of the arguments unleashed by the publication in 1988 of Paul Kennedys The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.

现在的辩论让人回忆起1988年保罗•肯尼迪（Paul Kennedy）的《大国的兴衰》（The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers）所引发的争论。

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And then the second driving force I can think of is still the traditional competitions and relations between nation states, or the rise and fall of great powers.

然后我想到的第二股驱动力仍然是各国之间的竞争与交往，或者说是大国的兴衰起伏。

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So the study on the rise and fall of great powers and its laws has become an important field in the study of international relations.

因此，对大国的兴衰及其规律进行研究已经成为国际关系研究的一个重要领域。

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But one answer can be glimpsed from a contemporary study, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, by Yale historian Paul Kennedy.

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The eminent historian Paul Kennedy wrote a book entitled The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers in which he argued that powerful countries typically undercut their economic strength by trying to control too much territory, leading to their decline.

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