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offshore balancing: a standalone construct

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Security studies

a grand strategy in which a great power stays out of regional rivalries and intervenes only when a would-be hegemon threatens the balance.

In security studies, offshore balancing refers to a grand strategy in which a great power stays out of regional rivalries and intervenes only when a would-be hegemon threatens the balance. This meaning comes from Layne (1997) in International Security.[1]

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References

Layne, C. (1997). From Preponderance to Offshore Balancing: America's Future Grand Strategy. International Security, 22(1), 86-124. https://doi.org/10.1162/isec.22.1.86

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