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Explaining Alliance Formation

Explaining Alliance Formation. Internal vs. External Sources. Omnibalancing I. Balance of power is inadequate in explaining Third World alignment Draws upon the key assumptions of the balance of power (and balance of threat theory) Deals with all threats , i.e. internal and external threats

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Explaining Alliance Formation

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  1. Explaining Alliance Formation Internal vs. External Sources

  2. Omnibalancing I • Balance of power is inadequate in explaining Third World alignment • Draws upon the key assumptions of the balance of power (and balance of threat theory) • Deals with all threats, i.e. internal and external threats • Systemic vs. unit level arguments

  3. Omnibalancing II • States appease secondary threats in order to counter primary ones • Leaders seek to split alignments against them, while also focusing on the primary sources of threat • What appears to be bandwagoning on the surface is actually a form of balancing • Sometimes leaders place their own interests before the interests of the state

  4. Omnibalancing III • For further details, please visit Blackboard or email me at ivanovid@ucmail.uc.edu • Thank you.

  5. The Concept of Omnialignment (Harknett & VanDenBerg) • Alignment may be driven by presence of internal and external challenges • These internal and external challenges reinforce each other • In certain cases alignment may reflect a direct response to an internal threat rather than a reaction to external stimuli • Reactions to interrelated threats differs from responses to primary internal or primary external threats • These reactions require a combined strategy to deal with both types of threats that feed off each other

  6. Interrelated Threats • Three conditions contribute to the presence of internal threats: 1. Competing allegiances 2. Lack of legitimacy 3. State power • There are two basic responses to all three types of threats: -- balancing -- resistance of most pressing threats -- bandwagoning – appeasement of most pressing threats

  7. Interrelated Threats (cont’d) • Strategic Balance – international alignment that resists an external threat • Strategic Bandwagon – international alignment that appeases an external threat • Internal Balance -- international alignment that resists an internal threat • Internal Bandwagon -- international alignment that appeases an internal threat

  8. Forms of Omnialignments

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