Taming the Evil Passions: Moderation in the International Relations in The Politics of Moderation in Modern European History
Ido de Haan,
Matthijs Lok
Author:
Beatrice de Graaf
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Date:
2019
ISBN:
978-3-030-27414-6
Beatrice de Graaf argues that new ideas on a ‘balance of power’ were a very distinctively novel way of not just theorizing, but also putting into practice ideas on collective security after 1815. This principle of moderation was to calm down the tide of evil passions and revolutions, but also an instrument to secure the highly asymmetrical division of power in the international arena.
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