Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. About the Editors and Contributors xi
6. Introduction: The Enduring Axioms of Balance of Power Theory and Their Contemporary Relevance 1
7. Part I Theories of Balance of Power and Major Powers
8. Chapter 1 What Do Great Powers Balance Against and When? 27
9. Chapter 2 Great Powers in the Post-Cold War World: A Power Transition Perspective 52
10. Chapter 3 The Political Economy of Balance of Power Theory 76
11. Part II New Security Challenges and Balance of Power
12. Chapter 4 The War on Terrorism and the Balance of Power: The Paradoxes of American Hegemony 101
13. Chapter 5 The Balance of Power Paradox 127
14. Chapter 6 A World Not in the Balance: War, Politics, and Weapons of Mass Destruction 150
15. Part III Regional Subsystems and Balance of Power
16. Chapter 7 Europe Hedges Its Security Bets 177
17. Chapter 8 Revisiting Balance of Power Theory in Central Eurasia 214
18. Chapter 9 The International System and Regional Balance in the Middle East 239
19. Chapter 10 Bipolarity and Balancing in East Asia 267
20. Chapter 11 The South Asian Security Balance in a Western Dominant World 305
21. Chapter 12 Regime Type and Regional Security in Latin America: Toward a “Balance of Identity” Theory 334
22. Conclusions: Balance of Power at the Turn of the New Century 360
23. Index 375