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counterbalancing: a standalone construct

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Civil-military relations

creating rival armed organizations, such as presidential guards, to check the regular military, which can deter successful coups.

In civil-military relations, counterbalancing refers to creating rival armed organizations, such as presidential guards, to check the regular military, which can deter successful coups. This meaning comes from De Bruin (2017) in Journal of Conflict Resolution.[1]

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References

De Bruin, E. (2017). Preventing Coups d’état: How Counterbalancing Works. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 62(7), 1433-1458. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002717692652

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