Stephen Brooks
Former Fellow, International Security Program, 2003-2004
Experience
Former Fellow, International Security Program, 2003-2004
Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Winter 2005/06
"Correspondence: Striking the Balance"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 30
By Robert Art, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1974-1977, 1978-1979; Editorial Board, Quarterly Journal: International Security, Stephen Brooks, Former Fellow, International Security Program, 2003-2004, William Wohlforth, Keir A. Lieber and Gerard Alexander
Some scholars argue that the balance of power theory that explained the bipolar and multipolar systems of the past is irrelevant in a unipolar world. These letters debate the possibility of expanding the traditional definition of "balancing" to account for policies that states are pursuing today.
Summer 2005
"Hard Times for Soft Balancing"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 30
By Stephen Brooks, Former Fellow, International Security Program, 2003-2004 and William Wohlforth
The development of the concept of soft balancing is an attempt to stretch balance of power theory to encompass an international system in which traditional counterbalancing among the major powers is absent.
Winter 2003/04
"A Double-Edged Sword: Globalization and Biosecurity"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 28
By Kendall Hoyt, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2002-2005 and Stephen Brooks, Former Fellow, International Security Program, 2003-2004
Contrary to those who argue that economic globalization increases vulnerability to a bioterrorist threat—and for this reason should be restricted—Hoyt and Brooks contend that globalization is a “double-edged sword” that has the potential to increase but also decrease levels of vulnerability—for example, by facilitating the development of vaccines.
Spring 2002
"From Old Thinking to New Thinking in Qualitative Research"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 4, volume 26
By Stephen Brooks, Former Fellow, International Security Program, 2003-2004 and William Wohlforth
After correcting what the authors state is Robert English’s “misunderstanding of [their] research design,” the authors elaborate their article’s contribution on “how to assess the causal implications of widely accepted findings” and the significance of this practice for qualitative research.
Winter 2000/01
"Power, Globalization, and the End of the Cold War: Reevaluating a Landmark Case for Ideas"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 25
By Stephen Brooks, Former Fellow, International Security Program, 2003-2004 and William Wohlforth
The authors marshal evidence from recently released sources to argue that shifting material pressures resulting from changes in the structure of global production had a much greater influence on Soviet foreign policy in the 1980s than previously thought.
