Journal of Geographical Sciences

The cooperative and conflictual interactions between the United States, Russia, and China: A quantitative analysis of event data

YUAN Lihua, SONG Changqing, CHENG Changxiu, SHEN Shi, CHEN Xiaoqiang, WANG Yuanhui

地理学报(英文版), 2020, 30(10): 1702-1720. DOI: 10.1007/s11442-020-1808-6

Dyads	Direction	Variables	Descriptions of variables
USA-CHN dyad	USA-CHN	UC_p, UC_f	Scales of cooperative/conflictual behavior from the USA toward China
USA-CHN dyad	CHN-USA	CU_p, CU_f	Scales of cooperative/conflictual behavior from China toward the USA
USA-RUS dyad	USA-RUS	UR_p, UR_f	Scales of cooperative/conflictual behavior from the USA toward Russia
USA-RUS dyad	RUS-USA	RU_p, RU_f	Scales of cooperative/conflictual behavior from Russia toward the USA
RUS-CHN dyad	RUS-CHN	RC_p, RC_f	Scales of cooperative/conflictual behavior from Russia toward China
RUS-CHN dyad	RUS-CHN	CR_p, CR_f	Scales of cooperative/conflictual behavior from China toward Russia

Table 1 Descriptions of the monthly time-series variables

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Figure 1 Numbers and scales of cooperation and conflict between the three dyads in two periods
(Note: The ratio in Figures 1b and 1d denotes the ratio of absolute scales of conflict to cooperation between dyad countries.)
Figure 2 Goldstein scales of conflict and cooperation between the USA and Russia in 2001.10-2016.12 period
Figure 3 The log-log plot of CCDF of the absolute cooperative and conflictual scales between the USA and China
(Note: USA-CHN and CHN-USA mean the scales sent from the USA to China and those from China to the USA, respectively.)
Figure 4 The log-log plot of CCDF of the absolute cooperative and conflictual scales between the USA and Russia
(Note: USA-RUS and RUS-USA mean the scales sent from the USA to Russia and those from Russia to the USA, respectively.)
Figure 5 The log-log plot of CCDF of the absolute cooperative and conflictual scales between Russia and China
(Note: RUS-CHN and CHN-RUS mean the scales sent from Russia to China and those from China to Russia, respectively.)
Table 2 The significance level of the Granger/Wald test of the USA-China dyad in both periods
Table 3 The significance level of the Granger/Wald test of the USA-Russia dyad in both periods
Table 4 The significance level of the Granger/Wald test of China-Russia dyad in both periods