Politics & Government · International Relations
Security Dilemma
A topic within International Relations, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Politics & Government.
Reading for International Relations
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Primary sources and full treatments.
- BookThe Tragedy of Great Power PoliticsJohn Mearsheimer, 2001
Great powers pursue regional hegemony because anarchy makes intentions unknowable — the clearest statement of offensive realism.