When Do States Balance Power? Refining, not Refuting, Structural Realist Balance of Power Theory
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When Do States Balance Power? Refining, not Refuting, Structural Realist Balance of Power Theory. / Hariri, Jacob Gerner; Wivel, Anders.
I: SGIR SGIR 7th Pan-European International Relations Conference, 2010.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Konferenceartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - GEN
T1 - When Do States Balance Power?
AU - Hariri, Jacob Gerner
AU - Wivel, Anders
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper explores the logic of balancing in structural realist theory. Arguably, the durability of the unipolar moment is a challenge to the logic of balancing. The paper uses the tools of microeconomics to build a mathematical model of structural realism. The simple model reiterates the structural realist prediction that the weaker states should balance the unipole. Under a slight model extension, it is shown that efforts to balance in separate capabilities always tends to offset each other. Under this extension, the durability of the unipolar moment is in fact consistent with the predictions of structural realist theory.
AB - This paper explores the logic of balancing in structural realist theory. Arguably, the durability of the unipolar moment is a challenge to the logic of balancing. The paper uses the tools of microeconomics to build a mathematical model of structural realism. The simple model reiterates the structural realist prediction that the weaker states should balance the unipole. Under a slight model extension, it is shown that efforts to balance in separate capabilities always tends to offset each other. Under this extension, the durability of the unipolar moment is in fact consistent with the predictions of structural realist theory.
M3 - Conference article
JO - SGIR SGIR 7th Pan-European International Relations Conference
JF - SGIR SGIR 7th Pan-European International Relations Conference
Y2 - 9 September 2010 through 11 September 2010
ER -
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