Singapore's foreign policy towards the United States and China : Manoeuvering as a balance of power strategy
Waltz’s balance of power theory predicts that states’ struggle for survival within the international system culminates in a choice between two types of behaviour: balancing or bandwagoning. Small states in this respect have little leverage by nature and thus cannot be expected to play a substantial...
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| Format: | Theses and Dissertations |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14462 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Summary: | Waltz’s balance of power theory predicts that states’ struggle for survival within the international system culminates in a choice between two types of behaviour: balancing or bandwagoning. Small states in this respect have little leverage by nature and thus cannot be expected to play a substantial role, unless they possess substantial power. |
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