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While Organski's hierarchy initially referred only to the entire international system, Douglas Lemke later expanded the hierarchy model to include regional hierarchies, arguing that each region contains its own dominant, great, and small powers. Thus regional hierarchies exist embedded into the larger international hierarchy.<ref>Mold, Andrew. (2003). Regions of war and peace edited by Douglas Lemke (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, pp. 235). Journal of International Development. 15. 805–806. {{doi|10.1002/jid.1014}}.</ref>

Power transition theory, a precursor of the [[Long Cycle Theory| long-cycle theory]] of [[hegemony]], seeks to explain trends between warring states in the past 500 years. It detects a general trend: a nation achieves [[hegemony| hegemonic power]] and then is challenged by a [[great power]]. This leads to a war which, in the past, has resulted a transition between two powers. Eugene R. Wittkopf explores past wars and their relation to power transition theory in his 1997 book ''World Politics: Trend and Transformation''. He explains the interactions using [[George Modelski]]'s Seapower Concentration Index.<ref name="Wittkopf" />

==Historical application==