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Cards (20)

  • 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