Rebuilding the Foundations of Offense-Defense Theory
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6385239 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Stephen Biddle (0009-0000-8137-3201, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2001 |
| Volumen | 63 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 741-774 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2001-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The Journal of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508 |
| Editorial | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1111/0022-3816.00086 |
| OpenAlex | W2083706800 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 22 |
| Referencias citadas | 71 |
The relative ease of attack and defense-the offense-defense balance-is a widely used planatory concept in international politics, playing an important role in literatures ranging from war causation and alliance formation to the determinants of system structure, the importance of relative gains from cooperation, or the causes of World War I. Yet the concept of the balance itself remains radically underdeveloped theoretically, clouding the predictions of the numerous theories that rest upon it and undermining rigorous empirical work on the many hypotheses these theories imply. I address this problem by presenting and testing a systematic theory of the balance that emphasizes military strategic and tactical choices as its key determinants, by contrast with orthodox offense-defense theory's focus on technology. This new theory outperforms the orthodox view and has broad implications for international relations theory
Alliance · Balance (ability · Causation · Economics · Epistemology · International relations · International relations theory · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology
Mercenaries in Asymmetric Conflicts
Does the Offence– Defence Theory Explain War Onset Between Small States? Causes and Consequences of the 2020–2023 Armenia–Azerbaijan War
Will the Drone Always Get Through? Offensive Myths and Defensive Realities
Innovation militaire, équilibre de l’offensive et de la défensive, et distribution de la puissance
Uncertain Victory
When Does Competition Become Conflict? Technology, Geography, and the Offense–Defense Balance
Domestic Political Problems and the Uneven Contenders Paradox
Is Constructivist Ethics an Oxymoron
Coup-Proofing and Military Effectiveness in Interstate Wars, 1967–99
When Are Arms Races Dangerous? Rational versus Suboptimal Arming
What Is the Cyber Offense-Defense Balance? Conceptions, Causes, and Assessment
Attack and Conquer? International Anarchy and the Offense-Defense-Deterrence Balance
Operational Research, Military Judgement and the Politics of Technical Change in the British Infantry, 1943–1953
Economic Development and Military Effectiveness
When Does Aerial Bombing Work
Offense-Defense Theory
Spying from Space
Democracy and Military Effectiveness
Settling It on the Field
Offense–Defense Balance, War Duration, and the Security Dilemma
When Will States Strike First? Battlefield Advantages and Rationalist War
Explanatory Typologies in Qualitative Studies of International Politics
The Spread of Nuclear Weapons
Nato's nuclear dilemmas
Offense and defense in the international system
In the Shadow of Power
The Causes of War
Political Institutions and Military Change
Emergent Actors in World Politics
Perception and Misperception in International Politics
War and Change in World Politics
Deterrence and Defense
The Origins of War in Neorealist Theory
Win, Lose, or Draw
The Origins of Alliances
Politics Among Nations
Military Organization and Society
Imagining War
Offense and Defense in Israeli Military Doctrine
Command on the Western Front
The Killing Ground
Brinkmanship and Nuclear Deterrence
Conventional Deterrence
Primed for Peace
The Essential Irrelevance of Nuclear Weapons
Technology, Military Advantage, and World War I
Military Effectiveness
Realists as Optimists
What Is the Offense-Defense Balance and How Can We Measure It
Victory Misunderstood
Measuring the European Conventional Balance
What is the Offense-Defense Balance and Can We Measure it
Offense, Defense, and the Causes of War
The Cult of the Offensive and the Origins of the First World War
Technology, civil‐military relations, and warfare in the developing world
Area defence concepts
The security dilemma and ethnic conflict
Strategic Assessment in War
Strategy and Arms Control
The origin and prevention of major wars
Cooperation under the Security Dilemma
Misperception and the Causes of War
How Perceptions Influence the Risk of War
System and State in International Politics
The Offensive/Defensive Balance of Military Technology
Determinants of Military Strategy, 1903–1994
Rationalist explanations for war
Chain gangs and passed bucks
Capabilities, Uncertainty, and Resolve
Proliferation Optimism and Theories of Nuclear Operations
Offense-Defense Theory and Its Critics
The past as prologue
The Origins of War in Neorealist Theory
Politics Among Nations
Polarity, the Offense-Defense Balance, and War
The Duration of Interstate Wars, 1816-1985
Democracy, War Initiation, and Victory
Capabilities, Perception, and Escalation
Peace, War, and the Balance of Power
The Killing Ground
Domestic Political Audiences and the Escalation of International Disputes
| Obras citantes distintas | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 0,88 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2001 - 2024 (24) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 22 |