Russia Hawks and China Hawks (Robert Wright & John Mearsheimer)
Robert Wright's Nonzero
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The Rationality of Great Powers
Bob Greene asks: Are all these great leaders hypersensitive and hyper-vigilant? Or are they just doing what a responsible, purely rational leader would do? He says the U.S. shoved NATO expansion down their throat in 1999; then after 2008, it was bent on shoving more NATO Expansion down their throat. This is what happens when you're weak in the international system - there's no 9-1-1 to call if you get into trouble," he says. "This is perfectly rational"
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