“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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Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 361
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“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 8, Balancing versus Buck-Passing, p. 269
“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 7, The Offshore Balancers, p. 252
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 4, The Primacy of Land Power, p. 84
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 5, Strategies for Survival, p. 144
“Important benefits often accrue to states that behave in an unexpected way.”
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 5, Strategies for Survival, p. 166
“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
“States care about relative wealth, because economic might is the foundation of military might.”
Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 5, Strategies for Survival, p. 143