“Preserving power, rather than increasing it, is the main goal of states.”
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 1, Introduction, p. 20
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The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001)
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 361
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 1, Introduction, p. 15
“A state's potential power is based on the size of its population and the level of its wealth.”
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 2, Anarchy and the Struggle for Power, p. 43
“In an ideal world, where there are only good states, power would be largely irrelevant.”
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 1, Introduction, p. 16
“States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.”
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 3, Wealth and Power, p. 55
“China, in short has the potential to be considerably more powerful than even the United States.”
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 398
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 6, Great Powers in Action, p. 202
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 8, Balancing versus Buck-Passing, p. 293
“The most dangerous states in the international system are continental powers with large armies.”
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 4, The Primacy of Land Power, p. 135
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 385
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 7, The Offshore Balancers, p. 252
“Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute.”
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 3, Wealth and Power, p. 57
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 371
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 2, Anarchy and the Struggle for Power, p. 38