One of the long-standing questions for scholars and policy-makers—in particular in western capitals—is how to treat the rise of new powers in world politics. Although past research has paved the way for studying power transitions, we still lack conceptual tools to understand the behaviour of peripheral states which move between different power positions. How can we explain, from the point of view of those in the margins, how such power transitions happen? To put it differently, how does a rise to power happen for states in the peripheries and semi-peripheries? I argue in this article that not all states have agentic capacities to act (e.g., to rise to a less peripheral position or to seek better status). There has been a silent and tacit consensus around the fact that peripheral states must first be recognized and accepted by systemic/hierarchy gatekeepers as actors who can fully exercise their agency in global hierarchies. I present the concept of international insertion, which contributes to a more nuanced understanding of how rising powers behave in world politics, and helps to explain why there are no discernible heightened tensions from a strategic–military perspective when peripherical countries move (or try to move) towards mid-system (or improved status) positions within regional and global hierarchies.

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“其他国家”面临的挑战：世界政治中的介入、代理空间和认可

对于学者和政策制定者来说，尤其是西方国家的学者和政策制定者长期存在的问题之一是如何看待世界政治中新兴大国的崛起。尽管过去的研究为研究权力转变铺平了道路，但我们仍然缺乏概念工具来理解在不同权力位置之间移动的外围国家的行为。从边缘人的角度来看，我们如何解释这种权力转移是如何发生的？换句话说，外围和半外围国家的权力崛起是如何发生的？我在本文中认为，并非所有国家都具有采取行动的代理能力（例如，提升到不太边缘的位置或寻求更好的地位）。围绕这样一个事实存在着一种沉默和默契的共识：外围国家必须首先得到系统/等级制度看门人的认可和接受，作为能够在全球等级制度中充分行使其代理权的行动者。我提出了国际介入的概念，它有助于更​​细致地理解新兴大国在世界政治中的行为方式，并有助于解释为什么当周边国家移动（或试图移动）时，从战略军事角度来看，为什么没有明显加剧的紧张局势）走向区域和全球等级制度中的中间系统（或改进的地位）位置。