Publications

2026 Realist constructivism: a new perspective on norm theory William C. Wohlforth · MGIMO Review of International Relations · Scholar only · needs review 3 2025 A measure short of war: A brief history of great power subversion William C. Wohlforth · Oxford University Press · Scholar only · needs review 12 2025 Unipolarity, Grand Strategy, and the Economics Security Trade-Off William C. Wohlforth · Journal of Global Security Studies 10 (4), ogaf031 · Scholar only 1 2024 A Measure Short of War: Subversion in Great Power Rivalry William C. Wohlforth · Oxford University Press · needs review 33 2023 The Long Unipolar Moment? William C. Wohlforth · Foreign Aff · Scholar only · needs review 17 2023 The Long Unipolar Moment? Debating American Dominance William C. Wohlforth · Foreign Affairs · needs review — 2023 The Myth of Multipolarity: American Power’s Staying Power William C. Wohlforth · Foreign Affairs 171 2023 Why China Won’t Overtake the United States William C. Wohlforth · International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues (London: Rowman & Littlefield) — 2022 Polarity and International Order: Past & Future William C. Wohlforth · Governance, Security and Development 20 2021 A key concept in historical perspective William C. Wohlforth · Routledge Handbook of Historical International Relations · Scholar only 24 2021 A Measure Short of War: The Return of Great Power Subversion William C. Wohlforth · Foreign Affairs · needs review — 2021 Evaluating Grand Strategy William C. Wohlforth · The Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy 6 2021 How (Not) to Evaluate U.S. Decline and the Emerging Great Power Rivalry. William C. Wohlforth · Journal of International Analytics — 2021 The Balance of Power William C. Wohlforth · Routledge Handbook of Historical International Relations 6 2020 External Intervention, Polarization, and Civil War William C. Wohlforth · Comparative Political Studies 61 2020 History of International Relations and Russian Foreign Policy in the 20th Century (2 vols.) William C. Wohlforth · Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 0 2020 International studies in an unpredictable world: still avoiding the difficult problems? William C. Wohlforth · European Journal of International Relations · needs review 16 2020 Realism and Great Power Subversion William C. Wohlforth · International Relations 52 2020 Status-Seeking and Nation-Building: The “Piedmont Principle” Revisited William C. Wohlforth · The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 8 2020 The Tragedy of US-Russian Relations: NATO Centrality and the Revisionists’ Spiral William C. Wohlforth · International Politics 82 2019 Anarchy is What Explains the History of International Relations William C. Wohlforth · MGIMO Review of International Relations 4 2019 El futuro del orden liberal es conservador: una estrategia para salvar al sistema William C. Wohlforth · Foreign affairs: Latinoamérica · Scholar only — 2019 H-Diplo ISSF round table: Steven Ward. status and the challenge of rising powers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. William C. Wohlforth · OpenBU (Boston University) · Scholar only — 2019 Is US Grand Strategy Self Defeating? Deep Engagement, Military Spending and Sovereign Debt William C. Wohlforth · Conflict Management and Peace Science 45 2019 Raison de l’Hégémonie (The Hegemon’s Interest): Theory of the Costs and Benefits of Hegemony William C. Wohlforth · Security Studies 56 2019 The Future of the Liberal Order is Conservative: A Strategy to Save the System William C. Wohlforth · Foreign Affairs 79 2018 Moral Authority and Status in International Relations: Good States and the Social Dimension of Status-Seeking William C. Wohlforth · Review of International Studies 379 2018 Not Quite the Same as It Ever Was: Power Shifts and Contestation over the American- Led World Order William C. Wohlforth · Will China’s Rise be Peaceful? Security, Stability, and Legitimacy (Oxford) 0 2018 Nuclear proliferation: The risks of prediction William C. Wohlforth · Oxford University Press · Scholar only 4 2018 The Future of Security Studies William C. Wohlforth · Oxford University Press eBooks · Scholar only 25 2018 The Oxford Handbook of International Security William C. Wohlforth · Oxford University Press 76 2017 An Abiding Antagonism: Realism, Idealism, and the Mirage of US-Russian Partnership in the End of the Cold War William C. Wohlforth · International Politics 39 2016 America Abroad: The United States’ Global Role in the 21st Century William C. Wohlforth · Oxford · needs review 505 2016 Correspondence: Debating China’s Rise and the Future of U.S. Power William C. Wohlforth · International Security · Scholar only 4 2016 Debating China's Rise and the Future of U.S. Power William C. Wohlforth · Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) · Scholar only — 2016 La superpotencia presente y futura William C. Wohlforth · Foreign affairs en español · Scholar only — 2016 La superpotencia presente y futura: China no superará a Estados Unidos William C. Wohlforth · Foreign affairs: Latinoamérica · Scholar only — 2016 Russian-Western Relations Lack Realpolitik Mentality on Both Sides William C. Wohlforth · International Trends · Scholar only 1 2016 The Future of War, as Ultima Ratio William C. Wohlforth · International Relations Theory Today (Polity) — 2016 The once and future superpower William C. Wohlforth · Foreign Affairs · Scholar only · needs review 16 2016 The Once and Future Superpower: Why China Won’t Overtake the United States William C. Wohlforth · Foreign Affairs · needs review 119 2016 The US Commitment to Europe William C. Wohlforth · Sustainable Security (Oxford University Press) — 2015 Knowing the Adversary: Leaders, Intelligence and Assessment of Intentions in International Relations William C. Wohlforth · The Journal of Politics 0 2015 Nation-Building through War William C. Wohlforth · American Political Science Review 139 2015 The Return of Realpolitik William C. Wohlforth · Russia in Global Affairs — 2015 The Rise and Fall of Great Powers in the 21st Century: China’s Rise and the Fate of America’s Global Position William C. Wohlforth · International Security 2 2015 The rise and fall of the great powers in the twenty-first century: China's rise and the fate of America's global position William C. Wohlforth · International security · Scholar only 638 2014 Conclusion: A small middle power William C. Wohlforth · Small State Status Seeking · Scholar only 18 2014 Correspondence: Debating American Engagement: The Future of U.S. Grand Strategy William C. Wohlforth · International Security 34 2014 Hegemonic Decline and Hegemonic War Revisited William C. Wohlforth · Power, Order, and Change in World Politics 7