Offshore Balancing Revisited
In: The Washington quarterly, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 233-250
ISSN: 0163-660X, 0147-1465
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In: The Washington quarterly, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 233-250
ISSN: 0163-660X, 0147-1465
In: The Washington quarterly, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 233-248
ISSN: 1530-9177
In: Parameters: the US Army War College quarterly, Band 46, Heft 3
ISSN: 2158-2106
Is offshore balancing the right grand strategy for America? Is it time for Washington to roll back the vast system of overseas security commitments and forward military deployments that have anchored its international posture since World War II? This monograph argues that the answer to these questions is no. Offshore balancing represents the preferred grand strategy among many leading international-relations "realists," who argue that significant geopolitical retrenchment can actually improve America's strategic position while slashing the costs of its foreign policy. The reality, however, is rather different. The probable benefits of offshore balancing—both financial and geopolitical—are frequently exaggerated, while the likely disadvantages and dangers are more severe than its proponents acknowledge. In all likelihood, adopting this strategy would not allow America to achieve more security and influence at a lower price. The more plausible results would be to dissipate U.S. influence, to court heightened insecurity and instability, and to expose the nation to greater long-range risks and costs. ; https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/1443/thumbnail.jpg
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In: Asian security, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 1-26
ISSN: 1555-2764
In: International security, Band 22, S. 86-124
ISSN: 0162-2889
Describes the strategy of preponderance or prevention of emergence of new geopolitical rivals, pursued 1945-91, and proposes an alternative strategy of offshore balancing, which calls for disengagement from overseas military commitments and favors a multipolarity of world powers.
In: The Washington quarterly, Band 38, Heft 2, S. 7-28
ISSN: 1530-9177
In: The Washington quarterly, Band 38, Heft 2, S. 7-28
ISSN: 0163-660X, 0147-1465
World Affairs Online
In: International security, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 86-124
ISSN: 1531-4804
In: International security, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 86-124
ISSN: 0162-2889
World Affairs Online
In: Foreign affairs, Band 95, Heft 4, S. 70-83
ISSN: 0015-7120
World Affairs Online
In: La revue internationale et stratégique: revue trimestrielle publiée par l'Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS), Band 105, Heft 1, S. 18-33
Pour la première fois dans l'histoire récente des États-Unis, de nombreux Américains remettent ouvertement en question la stratégie globale de leur pays. Cela ne devrait surprendre personne au vu des résultats désastreux qu'elle a engendrés au cours des vingt-cinq dernières années. Mais en poursuivant une stratégie d'« offshore balancing », les États-Unis renonceraient à leurs ambitieux efforts de remodeler les autres sociétés afin de se concentrer sur l'essentiel, c'est-à-dire maintenir leur domination dans l'hémisphère occidental tout en luttant contre de potentielles puissances hégémoniques en Europe, en Asie du Nord-Est et dans le golfe Persique. Il s'agit plus exactement d'assurer une gestion plus parcimonieuse de leurs atouts afin de maintenir leur suprématie sur le long terme et de protéger leur liberté sur le territoire national.
In: World policy journal: WPJ ; a publication of the World Policy Institute, Band 24, Heft 3, S. 38-52
ISSN: 0740-2775
World Affairs Online
In: Security studies, Band 16, Heft 1, S. 68-95
ISSN: 1556-1852