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100	1		_aPAUL T V
245			_aSoft balancing in the age of U.S. primacy: _c T V Paul
260			_c2005
520			_aIt 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.
650			_aBALANCE OF POWER
650			_aUNITED STATES _xINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
650			_aSOFT BALANCING
690			_aUnited States
773			_aInternational Security: _gVol. 30, No 1, Summer 2005, pp.46-71 (68)
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