Balancing Power Without Weapons

This book focuses on the non-military military means through which states intervene to balance the economic and military power of other states. Also available as Open Access.

How subtler forms of balance-of-power politics can help states achieve their goals against aggressive powers without wars or arms races At the end of the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world’s most powerful state, and then used that power to initiate wars against smaller countries in the Middle East and South Asia. According to balance†‘of†‘power theory—the bedrock of realism in international relations—other states should have joined together militarily to counterbalance the U.S.’s rising power. Yet they did not. Nor have they united to oppose Chinese aggression in the South China Sea or Russian offensives along its Western border. This does not mean balance†‘of†‘power politics is dead, argues renowned international relations scholar T.V. Paul, but that it has taken a different form. Rather than employ familiar strategies such as active military alliances and arms buildups, leading powers have engaged in “soft balancing,” which seeks to restrain threatening powers through the use of international institutions, informal alignments, and economic sanctions. Paul places the evolution of balancing behavior in historical perspective from the post-Napoleonic era to today’s globalized world.

Since the sudden disappearance of the Soviet Union, many scholars have argued that the balance of power theory is losing its relevance. This text examines this viewpoint, as well as looking at systematic factors that may hinder or favour the return of balance of power politics.

The Long Shadow investigates the purposes and roles of nuclear weapons in the new security environment, the nature and content of the national nuclear strategies of relevant states, and their implications for international security and stability in the Asian security region

The balance of power is one of the most fundamental concepts behind international politics and provides a structure for explaining some of the essential principles behind international relations. Yet despite its widespread importance it remains an enigma and is surrounded by controversy.The Balance of Powertraces the evolution of the theory from the eighteenth century to the present day. It incorporates classical anlysis and recent research to give a detailed account of the concept in practice and the operation of the international system while challenging traditional views of the balance of power. Its exploration of the way the balance of power operated in key historical periods shows how the generally accepted development of the concept is based on a misunderstanding of the historical reality.

Published by: Global Academy Publishing House Cover & Design: Global Academy Publishing House & Erhan Karaman ISBN Number: 978-625-8284-55-3 Publishing Date: February 25, 2023 All rights of this book belong to Global Academy Publishing House.No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, retrieved system, ortransmitted, in any form or by any means, without the written permission of the Global Academy Publishing House. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable for criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. All chapters published in this book have been double blind peer reviewed. ©Copyright February, 2023 Certificate No: 64419 Adress: Konutkent 2955. St. Oyak 1 No: 8/6 Cankaya / Ankara / TURKIYE The individual essays remain the intellectual properties of the contributors. e-mail: [email protected] https://www.globalacademy.com.tr/ Place of Publication: Kaplan Ofset Adress: Davutpaşa caddesi, Güven iş Merkezi, C Blok No:279-280 İstanbul Certificate No: 44367 Perface This book provides insight into the Examination of institutions in terms of working hours, fragile currency, fragile economies and nominal triple deficits index (r-tdi), digitization of human resource management, regional convergence, and innovation policies in the countries under study, development of skills and processes related to primary school education, private sector activities within the framework of climate policies in relevant areas, the impact of disruptive and turbulent environments on multinational companies in terms of international relations, efficiency analysis of wind power plants in Turkey using enhanced OCRA context and social transformation in mass communication. It also addresses modern issues related to digitalization, innovation, the development of reading skills, and climate policies. Decision-makers and international institutions are interested in it. The book dealt with a set of recent studies related to that time and meanings are created at the intersection of each other based on the worker's life, relationships and employment history, that the issue of good governance is much more important than the issue of additional public investment, that institutions and mechanisms are essential for the diversification of production, that scientific studies in the light of the data obtained from two large databases such as Web of Science and Scopus after theoretical information on the digitalization of HRM are very few studies in this field, One of the skills measured in the internationally recognized PISA exam, which is attended by students from 79 countries, is the ability to read, recent economic disruptions are a close link between political processes and the strategies of multinational corporations (MNCsr) and their affiliates, Turkey continues to view the problem of the climate crisis as a foreign policy issue, and in order to measure the representation of the r-TDI index, other indicators of fragility for a decade or more With the help of tables and graphs, the conclusions of the assessments made on eleven fragile economies and in this context the fragility of the TDI values are primarily the ability to represent and the extent of its effects on institutions and organizations as well. This book is intended for management scholars, researchers, doctoral students, and entrepreneurs and policymakers.

This highly topical volume presents pioneering research for the purpose of developing a common analytical foundation and framework for the emerging interdisciplinary research field of investment control. Long considered as exceptional measures, restrictions on inward foreign direct investments (FDI) have become ever more common and accepted. This book presents different perspectives on how decision-makers go about the tasks of assessing risks and threats to national security that may be posed by FDI and then balancing those risks and threats against economic interests of parties concerned and society at large.