The Geographical Imperatives of the Balance of Power in 3-Country Systems

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dc.contributor.authorNiou, Emerson M. S.
dc.contributor.authorOrdeshook, Peter C.
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-26T20:17:48Z
dc.date.available2010-05-26T20:17:48Z
dc.date.issued1987en_US
dc.description.abstract"This essay extends a cooperative game-theoretic model of balance of power in anarchic international systems to include considerations of the asymmetry which geography occasions in the offensive and defensive capabilities of countries. The two substantive ideas which concern us are a formalization of the notion of a 'balancer' and that of a 'central power.' What we show is that in stable systems, only specific countries (such as Britain in the 18th and the 19th centuries) can play the role of balances, and that the strategic imperatives of a central country (e.g., Germany in the period 1871-1945) differ in important ways from those of 'peripheral' countries."en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/5787
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisher.workingpaperseriesCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CAen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSocial Science Working Papers, no. 660en_US
dc.subjectpoweren_US
dc.subjectconflicten_US
dc.subjectinternational relationsen_US
dc.subjectgame theoryen_US
dc.subject.sectorSocial Organizationen_US
dc.subject.sectorTheoryen_US
dc.titleThe Geographical Imperatives of the Balance of Power in 3-Country Systemsen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
dc.type.methodologyTheoryen_US

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