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| The increase each side gains over what it had before |
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| Agent-oriented constructivism |
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| an identity perspective that allows for greater influence on the par of independent actors in shaping identities |
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| a formal defense arrangement wherein states align against a greater power to prevent dominance |
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| the decentralized distribution of power in the international system |
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| the process by which states counterbalance to insure that no single state dominates the system, or an outcome that establishes a rough equilibrium among states |
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| the aligning of states with a greater power to share the spoil of dominance |
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| ideas about how the world works as emphasized by the Identity perspective |
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| ideas about how the world works that influence policy makers |
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| when two states dominate a distribution of power |
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| the nongovernmental sector |
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| goals designed to benefit everyone (clean air) that cannot be diminished by any one party |
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| the establishment of common institutions and rules among states to settle disputes peacefully and to enforce agreements by a preponderance, not a balance of power |
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| swapping the achievement of an interest in one issue area for the achievement of another interest in a second issue area |
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| construction of identities |
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| a process of discourse by which actors define who they are and how they behave toward on another |
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