TY  - BOOK
AU  - PAUL T V
TI  - Soft balancing in the age of U.S. primacy
PY  - 2005///
KW  - BALANCE OF POWER
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
KW  - SOFT BALANCING
N2  - It has been argued that the balance of power theory has become irrelevant to understanding state behaviour in the post-Cold War world. This article suggests this is not the case and identifies examples (Kosovo, Iraq War) of soft-balancing strategies by states intended to constrain the power and threatening behaviour of the United States
ER  -