Tying down the Gullivers: tripartite strategic balancing in unipolar international systems

Thesis

This dissertation seeks to conceptualise and operationalise the concept of soft balancing in international relations by articulating a “theory of tripartite strategic balancing” which is applicable to both international and regional unipolar systems. It has a twofold purpose: one theoretical and the other empirical. First, it seeks to develop a theory of tripartite strategic balancing which encompasses three forms of strategic balancing: internal, external, and soft balancing. The secon...

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Authors: Volsky, A

• Publication date: 2014
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: United Nations; Polarity; French Foreign Policy; International Relations; Polish Foreign Policy; Great Power Politics; Russian Foreign Policy; Balance of Power; Soft Balancing; International Relations Theory; International Law
• Subjects: Law; Political science; International studies; Public international law; War (politics)