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Theorizing hedging explaining shifts and variations in alignment choices Cheng-Chwee Kuik
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuik, Cheng-Chwee, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in Indo-Pacific security
- Cambridge elements. Elements in Indo-Pacific security 3033-4837
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- international relations.
- Nonalignment.
- Neutrality.
- Diplomatic relations.
- International relations.
- Indo-Pacific Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026
- Summary:
- "Hedging, not balancing or bandwagoning, is the modal behavior of the non-great powers under uncertainty. Despite its prevalence as a state alignment choice, hedging has remained an undertheorized subject in the study of international relations. This Element presents one of the first theoretical works on strategic hedging in world politics. Tracing the multidisciplinary roots of hedging as an instinctive human behavior, I contend that sovereign actors hedge in ways similar to commodity traders, farmers, fund managers, academic writers, politicians, and individuals in competitive organizations under conditions of high-stakes and high-uncertainties. I then develop a two-level theoretical framework to explain when, how and why states hedge, rather than balance or bandwagon. Using selected Indo-Pacific countries as empirical cases, I conclude that while structural-level conditions largely explain the shifts in alignment decisions (e.g., from non-hedging to hedging, or vice versa), domestic factors explain the variations in hedging choices"-- Cambridge Core
- Contents:
- A cross-disciplinary conceptualization
- A two-level theory
- Explaining the shifts (I) : from non-hedging to hedging
- Explaining the shifts (II) : from hedging to non-hedging
- Explaining the variations : heavy hedging versus light hedging
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 30, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version Kuik, Cheng-Chwee Theorizing hedging
- ISBN:
- 9781009589406
- 1009589407
- OCLC:
- 1594987909
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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