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The geographical imperatives of the balance of power in 3-country systems

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Niou, EMS; Ordeshook, PC
Published in: Mathematical and Computer Modelling
January 1, 1989

This paper extends a cooperative game-theoretic model of the balance of power in anarchic international systems to include consideration of the asymmetry which geography occasions in the offensive and defensive capabilities of countries. The two substantive ideas which concern us are a formalization of the notion of a "balancer" and that of a "central power". What we show is that in stable systems, only specific countries (such as Britain in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries) can play the role of balancer, and that the strategic imperatives of a central country (e.g. Germany in the period 1871-1945) differ in important ways from those of "peripheral" countries. © 1989.

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Mathematical and Computer Modelling

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0895-7177

Publication Date

January 1, 1989

Volume

12

Issue

4-5

Start / End Page

519 / 531

Related Subject Headings

  • Numerical & Computational Mathematics
  • 0802 Computation Theory and Mathematics
  • 0103 Numerical and Computational Mathematics
  • 0102 Applied Mathematics
 

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Niou, E. M. S., & Ordeshook, P. C. (1989). The geographical imperatives of the balance of power in 3-country systems. Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 12(4–5), 519–531. https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-7177(89)90422-6
Niou, E. M. S., and P. C. Ordeshook. “The geographical imperatives of the balance of power in 3-country systems.” Mathematical and Computer Modelling 12, no. 4–5 (January 1, 1989): 519–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-7177(89)90422-6.
Niou EMS, Ordeshook PC. The geographical imperatives of the balance of power in 3-country systems. Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 1989 Jan 1;12(4–5):519–31.
Niou, E. M. S., and P. C. Ordeshook. “The geographical imperatives of the balance of power in 3-country systems.” Mathematical and Computer Modelling, vol. 12, no. 4–5, Jan. 1989, pp. 519–31. Scopus, doi:10.1016/0895-7177(89)90422-6.
Niou EMS, Ordeshook PC. The geographical imperatives of the balance of power in 3-country systems. Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 1989 Jan 1;12(4–5):519–531.
Journal cover image

Published In

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

DOI

ISSN

0895-7177

Publication Date

January 1, 1989

Volume

12

Issue

4-5

Start / End Page

519 / 531

Related Subject Headings

  • Numerical & Computational Mathematics
  • 0802 Computation Theory and Mathematics
  • 0103 Numerical and Computational Mathematics
  • 0102 Applied Mathematics