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preventive war: a standalone construct

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International relations

war launched by a state that expects its relative power to decline, to fight now rather than later under worse conditions.

In international relations, preventive war refers to war launched by a state that expects its relative power to decline, to fight now rather than later under worse conditions. This meaning comes from Levy (1987) in World Politics.[1]

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power6 fields · 13 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs preemptive war1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct state4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

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Levy, J. S. (1987). Declining Power and the Preventive Motivation for War. World Politics, 40(1), 82-107. https://doi.org/10.2307/2010195

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