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| Conflicts between other states |
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| Internal Conflicts i.e. civil wars |
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| concerned with where the focus lies in an explanation |
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| idea that when one state enhances its power for security and other states do the same |
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| # of independent power centers or poles in the international system which can be unipolar, bipolar, or multipolar |
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| term for unipolar system with one predominantly powerful state |
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| Hegemonic stability theory |
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| idea that preeminent power of hegemon allows it to enforce rules and deters other from initiating conflict |
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| idea that conflict is likely when rising states challenge weakening hegemons |
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| Proposition that democratic states will not war against one another |
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