Download or read book Assessing Assertions of Assertiveness written by Stephan De Spiegeleire and published by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study points to worrying trends in how far two great power contenders, Russia and China, have been willing to go to assert themselves in the international arena. It concludes that increased willingness to resort to brinkmanship has heightened the danger of a ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’-type event that could spiral into uncontrollable escalation.