Essays about: "Henrik Bergfeldt"

Found 1 essay containing the words Henrik Bergfeldt.

  1. 1. Is Soft Balancing the Driving Force Behind Sino-Russian Cooperation in Central Asia? - An Empirical Test of the Soft Balancing Theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Henrik Bergfeldt; [2008]
    Keywords : Balance of Power; Soft Balancing; Hegemony; United States; Russia; China; Central Asia; Unipolarity; Waltz; Neo-realism; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In an age of American unipolarity it is not surprising that questions regarding the perseverance of the current international structure constantly recur in contemporary international relations debates. As the discussion about whether the balance of power theory vanished with the Cold War continues, soft balancing has become a popular way to describe second-tier states' use of non-military tools to delay, frustrate, and undermine aggressive unilateral U. READ MORE