With many sovereign states, with no system of law enforceable among them, with each state judging its grievances … - Kenneth Waltz

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Kenneth Waltz

With many sovereign states, with no system of law enforceable among them, with each state judging its grievances and ambitions according to the dictates of its own reason or desire - conflict, sometimes leading to war, is bound to occur.

Ambition, Dictates, Enforceable, Law, Occur, War

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Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because there exists no consistent, reliable process of reconciling the conflicts of interest that inevitably arise among similar units in a condition of anarchy.

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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.

Good, Individuals, Law, Perfectly, Perfectly Good, World

According to the first image of international relations, the locus of the important causes of war is found in the nature and behavior of man. Wars result from selfishness, from misdirected aggressive impulses, from stupidity.

Causes, Men, Result, Selfishness, Stupidity, War

In anarchy there is no automatic harmony.

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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.

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