KORI SCHAKE: What really causes international conflicts? It’s not what you think. “A central tenet of realist theory is that states seek to maximize their power; Blainey makes no claims to state motivation; he considers it unimportant. Perceptions of relative strength, rather, are the motivation for warfare.” If correct, that’s bad news for America at this particular moment in history.
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