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They have not formed formal bilateral and multilateral military alliances but have resorted largely to soft-balancing strategies.
Second-tier states pursuing soft-balancing strategies often develop limited diplomat- ic coalitions, or ententes, to balance a powerful, rising, or threatening state.
Soft-balancing strategies are usually directed against specific threats, whereas hard balancing can be developed against both specific threats or the fact of power alone, on the assumption that a powerful state will eventually threaten the security of the weaker side.7 An in-between category is limited hard balancing, which relies on limited arms buildup and semiformal alliances such as strategic partner- ships.
Soft-balancing strategies are limited, institution-based, noncoop- erative attempts to make the powerful threatening state relent in its behavior and return to normal friendly attitudes and postures.
The states in a soft-balancing coalition are calculating that the costs of their actions are tolerable and can be shared among the participants if the target engages in punitive actions.9 The aim of a soft-balancing strategy is to deny legitimacy to actions that challenge the international or regional order.
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