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| Morgenthau on "status quo" |
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status quo aims at the
maintenance of the distribution of power as it exists at a particular moment in
history." A status quo policy is opposed to any "reversal of the power rela- tions among two or more nations, reducing, for instance, A from a first rate to a second rate power and raising B to the eminent position A formerly held." Minor adjustments, however, "which leave intact the relative power positions of the nations concerned are fully compatible with a policy of the status quo.
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| Johnston's criticism 1 on Morgenthau's defn of "status quo" |
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| Little info on how one would actually determine whether a state desires minor or major "adjustments, |
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| Johnston's criticism 2 on Morgenthau's defn of "status quo" |
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| No info on what a first-rate or second-rate power concretely looks like |
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| Johnston's criticism 3 on Morgenthau's defn of "status quo" |
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| Not clear whether such desires for minor adjustments (which leave intact the relative power positions) are good predictors of the state's actual behavior. |
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