States in the world are like individuals in the state of na… - Kenneth Waltz

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States in the world are like individuals in the state of nature. They are neither perfectly good nor are they controlled by law.

Kenneth Waltz

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Kenneth Neal Waltz (June 8, 1924 – May 12, 2013) was a member of the faculty at the University of California and Columbia University and one of the most prominent scholars of international relations (IR) of the 20th century. He was one of the founders of neorealism, or structural realism, in international relations theory.

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Then what explains war among states? Rousseau's answer is really that war occurs because there is nothing to prevent it.

War most often promotes the internal unity of each state involved. The state plagued by internal strife may then, instead of waiting for the accidental attack, seek the war that will bring internal peace.

Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.

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