Defensive realism and the Concert of Europe
Why do great powers expand? Offensive realist John Mearsheimer claims that states wage an eternal struggle for power, and that those strong enough to seek regional hegemony nearly always do. Mearsheimer's evidence, however, displays a selection bias. Examining four crises between 1814 and 1840,...
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British International Studies Association
2006
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/540/ |