Excerpts from Stephen M. Walt, “Keeping the World ‘Off Balance’: Self Restraint
and U.S. Foreign Policy” in America Unrivaled: The Future of the Balance of Power,
edited by John G. Ikenberry, used by permission of the publisher, Cornell University Press.
Copyright © 2002 by Cornell University.

Copyright © 2005 by Stephen M. Walt

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First published as a Norton paperback 2006

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Walt, Stephen M., 1955–

Taming American power : the global response to U.S. primacy /

Stephen M. Walt.— 1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-393-05203-6 (hardcover)

1. United States—Foreign relations—2001– 2. Balance of power. 3. International
relations. 4. World politics—21st century. I. Title.

JZ1480.W35 2005
327.73—dc22

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