| ID | 131339 |
| Title Proper | Hard balancing in the age of American unipolarity |
| Other Title Information | the Russian response to us ballistic missile defense during the bush administration (2001-2008) |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Steff, Reuben ; Khoo, Nicholas |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | One of the central debates in contemporary international relations scholarship concerns the issue of whether balancing has occurred in response to US-based unipolarity, and if it has, how this should be characterised. Existing research has seen analysts argue that major power responses to unipolarity can be placed in one of either three categories: an absence of balancing, soft balancing, and hard balancing. This article contributes to the scholarly literature by providing a case study of hard internal Russian balancing against the US's development and deployment of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) systems during the Bush Administration (2001-08). Russian hard balancing against the US has involved: (1) fielding new strategic nuclear and conventional weapons equipped with BMD countermeasures, and, relatedly, (2) making changes in military doctrine. As a result, security dilemma dynamics are increasingly in evidence in US relations with Russia. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol.37, No.2; April 2014: p.222-258 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol.37, No.2; April 2014: p.222-258 |
| Key Words | Russia ; United States - US ; Russian Doctrine ; US Doctrine ; Unipolarization ; Ballistic Missile Defense - BMD ; US - Russia Relations ; International Relations - IR ; Arms Race ; Nuclear Weapons ; Conventional Weapons ; Security Measures ; Security Dilemma Dynamics - SDD ; Dilemma ; Military Doctrine |