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After Unipolarity: China's Visions of International Order in an Era of U.S. Decline by Schweller, Randall L., Pu, Xiaoyu

“…The emerging transition from unipolarity to a more multipolar distribution of global power presents a unique and unappreciated problem that largely explains…”
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Unanswered Threats: A Neoclassical Realist Theory of Underbalancing by Schweller, Randall L.

“…Schweller examines the phenomenon of "underbalancing" in international politics. Underbalancing occurs when states fail to recognize dangerous threats, choose…”
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Knowing the Unknown Unknowns: Misplaced Certainty and the Onset of War by Mitzen, Jennifer, Schweller, Randall L.

“…International Relations (IR) theory grants a privileged place to uncertainty. In practice, however, the problem does not seem to be uncertainty but certainty:…”
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Bandwagoning for Profit: Bringing the Revisionist State Back In by Schweller, Randall L.

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Rational Theory for a Bygone Era by Schweller, Randall L.

“…In its breathtaking comprehensiveness, analytic power and clarity, creative fusion of theoretical materials, and sheer density of logic, Rational Theory of…”
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Entropy and the trajectory of world politics: why polarity has become less meaningful by Schweller, Randall L

“…The random and indeterminate nature of the current unipolar world suggests a condition of increasing entropy. There are two reasons for this claim. First,…”
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The Problem of International Order Revisited: A Review Essay by Schweller, Randall L.

“…A review essay on a book by G. John Ikenberry, After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars (Princeton, NJ:…”
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The future is uncertain and the end is always near by Schweller, Randall L

“…The standard view of contemporary unipolar politics is that systemic constraints impede the translation of American power capabilities into influence over…”
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New Realist Research on Alliances: Refining, Not Refuting, Waltz's Balancing Proposition by Schweller, Randall L.

“…Realism is both a scientific research program and, more traditionally, a political philosophy. All realists share a pessimistic worldview that posits perpetual…”
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The logic and illogic of the security dilemma and contemporary realism: a response to Wagner’s critique by Schweller, Randall L.

“…The security dilemma is a structural theory that purports to explain why wars can happen even among states that seek nothing more than their own security. It…”
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The Ethical and Political Construction of Action by SCHWELLER, RANDALL L.

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Domestic Structure and Preventive War: Are Democracies More Pacific? by Schweller, Randall L.

“…Realists have long viewed uneven rates of growth among states as a major cause of wars. According to strict logic of realpolitik, a declining dominant power…”
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A Tale of Two Realisms: Expanding the Institutions Debate by Schweller, Randall L., Priess, David

“…Recent developments in the study of international institutions have created a need and opportunity for restating the traditional realist view of the role of…”
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Organised anarchy: Revisiting G. John Ikenberry’s After Victory by Schweller, Randall L.

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Fantasy Theory by Schweller, Randall L.

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Power test: Evaluating realism in response to the end of the cold war by Schweller, Randall L., Wohlforth, William C.

“…The article makes the case that realism did not die with the Cold War & contends that, even with international relations theories, the unforeseen still…”
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Correspondence: Institutionalized Disagreement by Jervis, Robert, Nau, Henry R, Schweller, Randall L

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Brother Can You Spare a Paradigm? (Or Was Anybody Ever a Realist?) by Feaver, Peter D., Hellman, Gunther, Schweller, Randall L., Taliaferro, Jeffery W., Wohlforth, William C., Lergo, Jeffery W., Moravcsik, Andrew

“…In a series of letters to the editor, Peter D. Feaver, Gunther Hellman, Randall L. Schweller, Jeffery W. Taliaferro, & William C. Wohlforth offer insights…”
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Linking the Levels: The Long Wave and Shifts in U.S. Foreign Policy, 1790- 1993 by Pollins, Brian M., Schweller, Randall L.

“…The end of the Cold War has rekindled the oldest debate in American foreign policy: the choice of intervention or isolation. Noting regular swings between…”
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Institutionalized Disagreement by Jervis, Robert, Henry R . Nau, Schweller, Randall L.

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