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"Keeping the World "Off-Balance": Self-Restraint and U.S. Foreign Policy"

"Keeping the World "Off-Balance": Self-Restraint and U.S. Foreign Policy"

Book Chapter, America Unrivaled: The Future of the Balance of Power, pages 121-154

2002

Author: Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program

Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security

 

"...the United States still has an interest in retaining the good wishes of most other countries, if only because its ability to accomplish positive ends will decline if other states are resentful or fearful...."

 

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For Academic Citation:

Walt, Stephen M. "Keeping the World "Off-Balance": Self-Restraint and U.S. Foreign Policy." Chap. 4 in America Unrivaled: The Future of the Balance of Power. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2002.

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