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Robert Art

Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1974-1977, 1978-1979; Editorial Board, Quarterly Journal: International Security

 

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Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1974-1977, 1978-1979

Current Affiliation: Christian A. Herter Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA; Editorial Board, Quarterly Journal: International Security

 

 

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2006

Winter 2005/06

"Correspondence: Striking the Balance"

Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 30

By Robert Art, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1974-1977, 1978-1979; Editorial Board, Quarterly Journal: International Security, Stephen Brooks, Former Fellow, International Security Program, 2003-2004, William Wohlforth, Keir A. Lieber and Gerard Alexander

Some scholars argue that the balance of power theory that explained the bipolar and multipolar systems of the past is irrelevant in a unipolar world. These letters debate the possibility of expanding the traditional definition of "balancing" to account for policies that states are pursuing today.

 

1999

Winter 1998/1999

"Geopolitics Updated: The Strategy of Selective Engagement"

Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 23

By Robert Art, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1974-1977, 1978-1979; Editorial Board, Quarterly Journal: International Security

The author considers America’s current options for a grand strategy. The choices are dominion, global collective security, regional collective security, cooperative security, containment, isolationism, and selective engagement.

 

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