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European journal of international relations, 2007-06, Vol.13 (2), p.155-185
Ort / Verlag
London, England: SAGE Publications
Erscheinungsjahr
2007
Quelle
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The balance of power is one of the most influential theoretical ideas in
international relations, but it has not yet been tested systematically in
international systems other than modern Europe and its global successor. This
article is the product of a collective and multidisciplinary research effort to
redress this deficiency. We report findings from eight new case studies on balancing
and balancing failure in different international systems that comprise over 2000
years of international politics. Our findings are inconsistent with any theory that
predicts a tendency of international systems toward balance. The factors that best
account for variation between balance and hegemony within and across international
systems lie outside all recent renditions of balance-of-power theory and indeed,
international relations scholarship more generally. Our findings suggest a
potentially productive way to reframe research on both the European and contemporary
international systems.