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T. V. Paul is the James McGill Professor of International Relations at McGill University. He has authored or edited eighteen books, including The Warrior State and The Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons. He served as president of the International Studies Association (ISA) during 2016-2017. Paul lives in Montreal, Canada.
T.V Paul is on the leading edge of research on the global power shift. This book is a significant advance on our understanding of how great power dynamics can be tamed in the 21st century. -Amitav Acharya, author of Constructing Global Order -- Amitav Acharya This is a magnificent contribution to our understanding of strategic balancing in its empirical diversity. - Ashley J. Tellis, Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace -- Ashley J. Tellis In this sophisticated and sweeping historical survey, T.V. Paul shows how modern states have pursued various types of balancing behavior-short of war-to constrain potential hegemonic powers. Restraining Great Powers is a tour de force that should be carefully read and reflected on by scholars and practitioners alike. -David Shambaugh, George Washington University -- David Shambaugh Both critics and proponents of the role of the balance of power in international politics treat it as depending on military instruments. The signal accomplishment of T. V. Paul's book is to show that there is a much larger set of tools that states can employ to restrain troublemakers. -Robert Jervis, author of How Statesmen Think -- Robert Jervis
