Deconstructing the balance of power: two traditions of thought
- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Review of International Studies
- Vol. 15 (2) , 87-100
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s026021050011294x
Abstract
In 1919 when the first tentative steps were taken to establish the study of international relations as an independent discipline, liberals in the United States and Europe believed that the First World War had been caused by European statesmen who had been pursuing policies designed to promote a balance of power. It was gloomily predicted, moreover, that the continuing influence of balance of power thinking would precipitate another world war. One of the major objectives of the nascent discipline was to identify alternative ways of organizing international relations so that the pernicious influence of the balance of power could be permanently eliminated.Keywords
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