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Self-interest
Taking care of what
benefits
you the most
Egoism
Only caring about yourself and your
needs
International
anarchy
There's no single
ruler
over all countries, so they act in their own
interests
Power politics
Countries use their strength and influence to get what they want
State
of
nature
A
hypothetical
idea of what life was like before
governments
existed
Nurture
The way you're
raised
and your
environment
shapes you
Utopian
Describing a
perfect
world that might not be
possible
Harmony
of
interests
When everyone's
interests
align and
work
well together
Oppression
Controlling someone in a cruel or
unfair
way
State-centric
Focused on the
interests
of a particular country
Moral aspirations
High ideals about what is right and wrong
National
interest
What a country
believes
is best for its
own
people
Cost-benefit
analysis
Weighing the
pros
and
cons
of something before you do it
Security
dilemma
When trying to be
safe
can actually make things more
dangerous
Military capacity
A country's ability to
fight
a
war
Self-determination
The right of a people to
govern
themselves
Bipolar
Having two main
powerful
countries
Multipolar
Having several
powerful
countries
Superpower
rival
A country that is very
powerful
and competes with another
powerful
country
Nuclear
arms race
When countries compete to build more and more
nuclear weapons