Origins of Alliance - Walt Stephen M.
Origins of Alliance - Walt Stephen M. How are alliances made? Walt makes a significant contribution to this topic, surveying theories of the origins of international alliances and identifying the…
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Origins of Alliance - Walt Stephen M.
How are alliances made? 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 this book, Stephen M.
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. In addition, he proposes a fundamental change in the present conceptions of alliance systems. 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