Background
Walt, Stephen Martin was born on July 2, 1955 in Los Alamos. Son of Martin IV and Mary Estelle (Thompson) Walt.
( How are alliances made? In this book, Stephen M. Walt m...)
How are alliances made? In this book, Stephen M. Walt makes a significant contribution to this topic, surveying theories of the origins of international alliances and identifying the most important causes of security cooperation between states. In addition, he proposes a fundamental change in the present conceptions of alliance systems. Contrary to traditional balance-of-power theories, Walt shows that states form alliances not simply to balance power but in order to balance threats. Walt begins by outlining five general hypotheses about the causes of alliances. Drawing upon diplomatic history and a detailed study of alliance formation in the Middle East between 1955 and 1979, he demonstrates that states are more likely to join together against threats than they are to ally themselves with threatening powers. Walt also examines the impact of ideology on alliance preferences and the role of foreign aid and transnational penetration. His analysis show, however, that these motives for alignment are relatively less important. In his conclusion, he examines the implications of "balance of threat" for U.S. foreign policy.
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Walt, Stephen Martin was born on July 2, 1955 in Los Alamos. Son of Martin IV and Mary Estelle (Thompson) Walt.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1977; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1983.
Member professional staff, Center for Naval Analyses, Alexandria, Virginia, 1980-1981; research fellow, Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1984; assistant professor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1984-1989; resident associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, 1986-1987; guest scholar, Brookings Instruction, Washington, 1988-1989; associate professor political science, University of Chicago, since 1989. Consultant Center for Naval Analyses, 1991.
( How are alliances made? In this book, Stephen M. Walt m...)
Member American Political Science Association, International Studies Association, Society Historians of America Foreign Rels., Council on Foreign Rels.
Married Rebecca Elisabeth Stone, May 4, 1991.