Author profile: Tom Barber

The United States and the Status Quo: Is Hegemonic Satisfaction Innate?

Tom Barber • Nov 26 2017 • Essays

This essay seeks to refine Organski’s Power Transition Theory by decoupling the dominant state from the world system it embodies.

Japan: The ‘Normal’ Pacifist

Tom Barber • Aug 21 2016 • Essays

Tokyo’s pacifism is best understood not as a capitulating monolithic anomaly, but as one enduring component of a multifaceted and eclectic strategic calculus.

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