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Balance of Power
The concept of balance of power is important for both foreign policy makers and international relations theorists. Examine both the theoretical and practical bases of the balance of power concept. What are its strengths and weaknesses? How has it been applied in the real world? What does it tell us about the present structure of the international system?
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The New, New Europe. imbalance of power threatens stability of European Union Stryker McGuire, Liat Radcliffe, Stefan Theil, Eric Pape, Barbie Nadeau, Charles Ferro.
Newsweek International Dec 8, 2003 p24 (1440 words)
The ironies of American power. (Book Review) Paul Carrese.
First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life August-Sept 2003 i135 p39(4) (1322 words)
The World Is Bipolar After All. (United States, Europe) Andrew Moravcsik. Newsweek International May 5, 2003 p37 (754 words)
The challenges of American imperial power. (Critical Essay) Michael Ignatieff. Naval War College Review Spring 2003 v56 i2 p53(11) (5031 words)
Limits of American power. JR. Joseph S. Nye. Political Science Quarterly Winter 2002 v117 i4 p545(16)
The end of the West: the next clash of civilizations will be not between the West and the rest but between the United States and Europe--and Americans remain largely oblivious. (Europe). Charles A. Kupchan. The Atlantic Monthly Nov 2002 v290 i4 p42(3) Mag.Coll.: 113A2159.
Why the U.S. can't go it alone. (Security and Sovereignty). (Paradox of American Power) Joseph Nye. Canadian Speeches Sept-Oct 2002 v16 i4 p29(4)
Power and Weakness. Robert Kagan. Policy Review June-July 2002 p3(26)
The new Rome meets the new barbarians - America's power; By invitation. (By Invitation: How America should wield its power, by Joseph Nye) The Economist (US) March 23, 2002 pNA
American primacy: its prospects and pitfalls. (prominence of United States in economic, international affairs) Stephen M. Walt. Naval War College Review Spring 2002 v55 i2 p9(20)
Attacking Iraq. (Think Again). Mark Strauss. Foreign Policy March 2002 p14(6) Mag.Coll.: 110E4007.
The dependent colossus: Although globalization today reinforces American power, over time it promises to have the opposite effect. (Argument). Joseph S. Nye. Foreign Policy March 2002 p74(3) Mag.Coll.: 110E4067.
The United States And Russia. JAMES M. GOLDGEIER. Policy Review Oct-Nov 2001 p47
The Present Opportunity. (Column)(Editorial) Adam Garfinkle. The National Interest Fall 2001 p153
The Influence of the Balance of Power Factor within the ASEAN Regional Forum. (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) RALF EMMERS. Contemporary Southeast Asia August 2001 v23 i2 p275
TURKISH-ISRAELI-IRANIAN RELATIONS IN THE NINETIES: IMPACT ON THE MIDDLE EAST. Bulent Aras. Middle East Policy June 2000 v7 i3 p151
Asia in the 21St Century. Rajan Menon, S. Enders Wimbush. The National Interest Spring 2000 p78
A Second American Century? The U.S. stands supreme. The struggle to overthrow it is the story of tomorrow. (Brief Article) Charles Krauthammer. Time Dec 27, 1999 v154 i26 p186
Toward a New Concert of Nations An American Perspective. James Chace, Nicholas X. Rizopoulos. World Policy Journal Fall 1999 v16 i3 p2
Rethinking Europe. (restoring order in the Atlantic region) Charles A. Kupchan. The National Interest Summer 1999 i56 p73(7)
The balance of power. James Chace. World Policy Journal Winter 1998 v15 i4 p105(2)
Arms, politics, and the emerging Asian balance of power. Deepa M. Ollapally. Asian Affairs: An American Review Summer 1998 v25 n2 p104(13)
The benevolent empire. (US) Robert Kagan. Foreign Policy Summer 1998 n111 p24(12) Mag.Coll.: 94E2803.
Unbalanced. (failure of U.S. strategy to maintain balance of power between Iraq and Iran)(Brief Article) Ronald Steel. The New Republic Dec 8, 1997 v217 n23 p18(2) Mag.Coll.: 91G0147.
The coming conflict with America. (China) Richard Bernstein, Ross H. Munro. Foreign Affairs March-April 1997 v76 n2 p18(15) Mag.Coll.: 88B0173.
Beijing as a conservative power. (Chinese foreign relations) Robert S. Ross. Foreign Affairs March-April 1997 v76 n2 p33(12) Mag.Coll.: 88B0188.
Russia's illusory ambitions. (world influence) Sherman Garnett. Foreign Affairs March-April 1997 v76 n2 p61(16) Mag.Coll.: 88B0216.
The rising east. (Asia) Richard Halloran. Foreign Policy Spring 1996 n102 p3(19)
Power and civilization. Owen Harries. The National Interest Spring 1994 n35 p107(6)
Polarity and international stability. (comment on Ted Hopf, American Political Science Review, vol. 85, p. 475, 1991)(includes author's reply) (Controversy) Manus Midlarsky. American Political Science Review March 1993 v87 n1 p173(8)
Why we will soon miss the Cold War. John J. Mearsheimer. The Atlantic August 1990 v266 n2 p35(11) Mag.Coll.: 56A1728.
Structural Realism after the Cold War. Kenneth N. Waltz. International Security Summer 2000 v25 i1 p5
Anarchy in international relations theory: the neorealist-neoliberal debate. Robert Powell. International Organization Spring 1994 v48 n2 p313-344
The national interest and its interpretation. Miroslav Nincic. The Review of Politics Wntr 1999 v61 i1 p29(2)
All for one. (unilateralism and multilateralism) Foreign Policy March 2002 p1(1) Mag.Coll.: 110E3994. |
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