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Mearsheimer > Waltz
The defensive realists got the structure down sure enough. But I agree with Zakaria and others (including Mearsheimer) that they have drawn incorrect conclusions.
States operate in an environment of anarchy. States are security maximizes. But states are never really secure. More power is always better than less, and states reflect this in their behaviour. Simple, accurate, sensible.
— Feb 20, 2022 09:15PM
The defensive realists got the structure down sure enough. But I agree with Zakaria and others (including Mearsheimer) that they have drawn incorrect conclusions.
States operate in an environment of anarchy. States are security maximizes. But states are never really secure. More power is always better than less, and states reflect this in their behaviour. Simple, accurate, sensible.
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