The Origins of Alliances

By S. Walt. 2019

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Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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Psychology and International Relations Theory (2003, background): “Revisionist structural realists have begun to explore these attribution errors as they seek to understand how states try to balance against threats rather than power (Walt 1987, 1996).”
Complex Dependencies in the Alliance Network (2012, background): “Major powers will also be able to have useful alliances over greater distances (and thus more states they can ally to) because of their ability to project power far from their borders.”
The Balance of Power in the Balance (2009, neutral): “3 See Schweller 1994; walt 1987.”
Institutional Assets and Adaptability: NATO After the Cold War (2000, neutral): “See Waltz 1979; Walt 1987.”
Economic and Security Regionalism among Patrimonial Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of Central Asia (2009, background): “When the states of a given region agree on a common threat, they may engage in security-oriented alliances (Walt 1987).”
Norms Are What States Make of Them: The Political Psychology of Norm Violation (2000, background): “D ow nloaded from https://academ ic.oup.com /isq/article/44/2/293/1822741 by Southern Illinois U niversity user on 07 June 2022 and account for variation that structure cannot ~ Jervis, 1976:13; Walt, 1987; Herrmann, 1988!. Similar steps are needed for norm-related behavior.”
Appendices for "Signaling Alliance Commitments: Hand-Tying and Sunk Costs in Extended Nuclear Deterrence" (2014, positive): “Shared threat perceptions often motivate states to form alliances or cooperate in other ways (Walt 1987).”