Robert Art

Christian A. Herter Professor of International Relations, Emeritus

International Planning or Policy

International Relations

National Security

Journal article Peer reviewed

The Power and Limits of Compellence: A Research Note

by Robert J Art and Kelly M Greenhill

Published 2018

Political science quarterly, 133, 1, 77 - 97

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Creating a Disaster: NATO's Open Door Policy

by Robert J Art

Published 06/2016

Political science quarterly, 131, 2, 341 - 363

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The United States and the Rise of China: Implications for the Long Haul

by Robert J Art

Published 09/01/2010

Political science quarterly, 125, 3, 359 - 391

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Agreeing to agree (and disagree)

by Robert J Art

Published 2007

The National Interest, 89, 33 - 39

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Striking the Balance

by Robert J. Art, Stephen G. Brooks, William C. Wohlforth, Keir A. Lieber and Gerard Alexander

Published 12/01/2005

International security, 30, 3, 177 - 196

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The United States, The Balance of Power, and World War II: Was Spykman Right?

by Robert J Art

Published 04/01/2005

Security studies, 14, 3, 365 - 406

American foreign policy analysts have generally viewed World War II as the most important of the six wars the country fought in the twentieth century. By entering this war, so the argument goes, the United States prevented the gravest geopolitical threat to its security-German and Japanese hegemonies in Eurasia-from materializing. Careful reexamination of the best case for U.S. entry into World War II, made by Nicholas Spykman in 1942, demonstrates that the traditional view is misplaced: the United States could have remained secure over the long term had it not entered the war and had it allowed Germany and Japan to win. Its standard of living and its way of life, however, would most likely have suffered. Avoidance of those two outcomes was the real reason to have entered the war. The implications of this analysis for balance of power theory and current American grand strategy are spelled out.

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Force and fungibility reconsidered

by Robert J Art

Published 06/01/1999

Security studies, 8, 4, 183 - 189