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Hard times for soft balancing/ 
by Stephen G Brooks and William C Wohlforth 
 -  2005 
<br/><br/> This article puts the case against the theory of soft-balancing, and argues that there are alternative explanations for states acting the way they have in relation to the USA in recent years. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>SOFT BALANCING<br/>INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY<br/>BALANCE OF POWER