Before revision: The balance of threat (BoT) theory was proposed by Stephen M. Walt first in his article Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power,Walt, Stephen: Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power published in the journal International Security in 1985.
After revision: The balance of threat theory was proposed by Stephen M. Walt in his article Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power,Walt, Stephen: Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power published in the journal International Security in 1985.