States use international institutions and economic instruments like sanctions to constrain the power of dominant actors. Prof. T.V. Paul will talk about this phenomenon called ‘soft balancing’ in his lecture at the University of Salzburg.
The main objective of his new book ‘Restraining Great Powers. Soft Balancing in World Politics’ is to expand and test soft balancing arguments to historical eras (Concert of Europe, League of Nations) and the emerging power, China.
 T.V. Paul is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He is a Past-President of International Studies Association (ISA) (2016-17). Paul is the author or editor of 16 books and over 60 scholarly articles/book chapters in the fields of International Relations, International Security, and South Asia.