Future of International Institutions and Soft Balancing
Institutions have long been used as a means for soft balancing, including by the US. However, the US and its allies cannot ignore the norms of the rules based international order, for to do so risks undermining the shared norms soft balancing depends on.
Source: http://blog.yalebooks.com/2018/10/18/the-future-of-international-institutions-and-soft-balancing/