Core idea: power and self-help

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State’s wants

  • To remain states

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Power and anarchy

  • Power = defence against anarchy

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Power and survival

  • More power (aka military strategy) = more chance of survival

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Self-help

  • Fundamental principle of state action in an anarchical system

  • All state actors are responsible for ensuring their own survival

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Self-help and global governance

  • Not compatible

  • IGOs should not take over the protection of a state

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What a state should do if it feels threatened

  • Augment its own power by:

    • Forming military alliances

    • Initiating preventative wars