Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Neoclassical realism, the state, and foreign policy; 2 Threat assessment, the state, and foreign policy: a neoclassical realist model; 3 Neoclassical realism and strategic calculations: explaining divergent British, French, and Soviet strategies toward Germany between the world wars (1919-1939); 4 Neoclassical realism and identity: peril despite profit across the Taiwan Strait
Summary
Argues that the internal dynamics of states affect their foreign policies, as well as the nature of the international system
