Question

In a book titled Elusive [this concept], William Wohlforth re-examined the Cold War in the context of perceptions of this concept. Robert Pape identified “economic strengthening” and “territorial denial” as methods of creating the “soft” form of this concept. According to John Mearsheimer’s The Tragedy of Great (-5[1])Power Politics, the fear of war is highest in multipolar systems without this concept, while multipolar (-5[1])systems with (-5[1])this concept still generate more fear than bipolar systems. Stephen Walt argued that aggression and national security drive foreign policy in a theory named for this concept “of (*) threat.” This concept (10[1])is often contrasted with bandwagoning, where a state allies with a rising power, in a theory developed by Kenneth Waltz. For 10 points, the theory that states create alliances to prevent a state from growing too strong is known as (10[1])what concept “of power”? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: balance [accept balancing; accept balance of power; accept balance of threat; accept soft balancing; accept Elusive Balance]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks upTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken46-5
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countrySimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut62-5
Joey SunModerator Can't Neg me While in Alphaas rational as the square root of two power bottoms64-5
Mattias EhatammYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange9510
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere13510
Benjamin ChapmanSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country1400
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up14010
Elijah Mandelbaumas rational as the square root of two power bottomsModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha14010

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%109.33
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