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"State Building for Future Wars: How Great Powers Balance Internally to Meet Long Term Threats
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Jeffrey W. Taliaferro
Department of Political Science
Tufts University
Eaton Hall, 6-the Green
Medford, MA 02115 Tel.: (617) 627-5847
Fax: (617) 627-3660
Jeff.## email not listed ##
Prepared for delivery at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Hilton Chicago and Parker House Hilton, Chicago, IL, 2-5 September 2004
© American Political Science Association
Draft: Comments are welcome. Please do not quote or cite without the author's permission. I
thank Joseph Bodell for his research assistance.
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.
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Jeffrey W. Taliaferro
Department of Political Science
Tufts University
Eaton Hall, 6-the Green
Medford, MA 02115
Tel.: (617) 627-5847
Fax: (617) 627-3660
Jeff.## email not listed ##
Prepared for delivery at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Hilton Chicago and Parker House Hilton, Chicago, IL, 2-5 September 2004
© American Political Science Association
Draft: Comments are welcome. Please do not quote or cite without the author's permission. I
thank Joseph Bodell for his research assistance.
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.
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