| ID | 168882 |
| Title Proper | Was There a Balance of Power System in the Ancient near East? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Aissaoui, Alex Ilari |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Although first explicitly coined in Renaissance Italy, the notion of a ‘balance of power’ – the conduct of state actors to meet the logics of power balancing – goes back to pre-modern times. Traditionally, scholars have looked to the Punic Wars and the early modern period as early evidence for the balance. However, the ancient Near East during the second-millennium BC has received far less attention. Yet Western Asia existed as an international arena of states fully integrated in a system based on interdependence and power balancing. In the field of International Relations, systematic analyses of this phase in world history remain under-developed. Accordingly, the question of when a systemic environment for the balancing behaviour existed for the first time has been addressed less in International Relations theory where the literature leans primarily on the European experience. |
| `In' analytical Note | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol. 30, No.3; Sep 2019: p.421-442 |
| Journal Source | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol: 30 No 3 |
| Key Words | Ancient Near East ; Balance of Power System |