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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.

    Kenneth N. Waltz (2010). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.238, Columbia University Press
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