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Taliaferro, Jeffrey. ""State Building for Future Wars: How Great Powers Balance Internally to Meet Long Term Threats" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 02, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p59984_index.html>

Taliaferro, J. , 2004-09-02 ""State Building for Future Wars: How Great Powers Balance Internally to Meet Long Term Threats" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p59984_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Neorealist balance-of-power theory holds that the international system compels states, both great powers and weaker states, to adopt similar adaptive strategies—namely, balancing and emulation—or risk elimination as independent entities. Yet, in practice, states do not always emulate the successful practices of the system's leading states in timely and uniform fashion. This paper further specifies the "resource extraction" model of the state in neoclassical realism. The level of external vulnerability, a composite of the relative distribution of power, the offense-defense balance, and geographic proximity, provides incentives for states to emulate the practices of the system's leading states or to counter such practices through innovation. However, domestic variables, such as state power and national political power, path dependence, and ideology can facilitate or inhibit efficient responses to external threats.

'The Deal': The Balance of Power, Military Strength and Liberal Internationalism in the Bush National Security Strategy

Why do states choose certain normative strategies over others in world politics? Interrogating theories of normative state agency in International Relations.