TY - BOOK AU - BROOKS Stephen G AU - WOHLFORTH William C TI - Hard times for soft balancing PY - 2005/// KW - SOFT BALANCING KW - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY KW - BALANCE OF POWER N2 - 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 ER -