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Soft Balancing

Soft Balancing is a strategy in international relations whereby states employ non-military instruments—such as economic statecraft, diplomatic coalitions, and institutional constraints—to delay, frustrate, or undermine the exercise of power by a dominant or rising state without directly challenging it through military means.

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69

Soft Balancing against the United States

Robert A. Pape · International Security · 2005 · 826 citations

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Soft Balancing in the Age of U.S. Primacy

T. V. Paul · International Security · 2005 · 502 citations

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Hard Times for Soft Balancing

Stephen G. Brooks, William C. Wohlforth · International Security · 2005 · 345 citations

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Waiting for Balancing: Why the World Is Not Pushing Back

Keir A. Lieber, Gerard Alexander · International Security · 2005 · 243 citations

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Institutional Balancing and International Relations Theory: Economic Interdependence and Balance of Power Strategies in Southeast Asia

Kai He · European Journal of International Relations · 2008 · 179 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. KH
    Kai He

    Griffith University, Australia

    3 publications · 347 citations

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  2. KI
    Kazunari Ishida

    Kobe University, Japan

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  3. DM
    Derek McDougall

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    2 publications · 72 citations

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  4. TM
    Tomoyuki Matsumoto

    Kobe University, Japan

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  5. TV
    T. V. Paul

    McGill University, Canada

    2 publications · 517 citations

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Institutions

96

  1. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    182 citations

  2. Yonsei University

    Seoul, South Korea

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  3. Kobe Kaisei Hospital

    Kobe, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    103 citations

  4. Kobe University

    Kobe, Japan

    2 h-index

    13 publications

    743 citations

  5. University of Minho

    Braga, Portugal

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  6. National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital

    Goyang-si, South Korea

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  7. University of Macau

    Macao, Macao

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  8. Kyushu University

    Fukuoka, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

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Venues

  1. International Security

    5 publications · 2K citations

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  2. Security Studies

    4 publications · 223 citations

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  3. International Affairs

    3 publications · 139 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 3 publications · 189 citations

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  5. Journal of Contemporary China

    JCC · 2 publications · 226 citations

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