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De la politique entre les états : principes de diplomatie
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ISBN: 2233001761 9782233001764 Year: 1987 Publisher: Paris Pedone


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The Soviet study of international relations
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ISBN: 0521367638 0521330556 1139239929 0511598718 Year: 1987 Volume: 55 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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'Dr Lynch's book is an insightful and incisive examination of Soviet theories and concepts of international politics and foreign policy. Not only does he provide a concise exposition of the orthodox Marxist, Leninist and Stalinist foundations of Soviet thinking on international affairs, but he also examines the important departures from that orthodoxy under Khrushchev and Brezhnev. More important, however, he focuses on the intellectual ferment which characterized the infrastructure of the Soviet foreign policy establishment during the past twenty years ... His elegantly written words and powerful expository style enable us to understand better both Soviet thinking and Soviet behaviour in international affairs.' Vernon Aspaturian, Chair of the Shulman Prize Committee, 1987

The origins of alliances
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ISBN: 0801469988 1322522944 0801469996 9780801469992 9780801420542 0801420547 0801494184 9780801494185 0801420547 9780801494185 9781322522944 9780801469985 Year: 1987 Publisher: Ithaca Cornell University Press

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How are alliances made? In this book, Stephen M. Walt makes a significant contribution to this topic, surveying theories of the origins of international alliances and identifying the most important causes of security cooperation between states. In addition, he proposes a fundamental change in the present conceptions of alliance systems. Contrary to traditional balance-of-power theories, Walt shows that states form alliances not simply to balance power but in order to balance threats. Walt begins by outlining five general hypotheses about the causes of alliances. Drawing upon diplomatic history and a detailed study of alliance formation in the Middle East between 1955 and 1979, he demonstrates that states are more likely to join together against threats than they are to ally themselves with threatening powers. Walt also examines the impact of ideology on alliance preferences and the role of foreign aid and transnational penetration. His analysis show, however, that these motives for alignment are relatively less important. In his conclusion, he examines the implications of "balance of threat" for U.S. foreign policy.


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Technology and international relations
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ISBN: 0333394372 Year: 1987 Publisher: Basingstoke Macmillan

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