Dissatisfied revisionist states tend to bandwagon with rising powers.

Evidence

Walt concedes, however, that states may choose bandwagoning “under some conditions,” and, as Randall Schweller argues, revisionist states are likely to bandwagon with a rising power because they are dissatisfied and hope to gain from changes in the status quo. In addition, as Walt suggests, bandwagoning does require a degree of trust in the nonmalevolent intentions of the more powerful state. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 633

Categorization

• SEED: An essay angle: which contemporary states are dissatisfied revisionists likely to bandwagon with China, and what does that predict about alliance shifts?