Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because there exists no consistent, reliable process of reconciling the conflicts of interest that inevitably arise among similar units in a condition of anarchy.


Chapter VIII, Conclusion, p. 238 - Man, the State, and War (1959)

Kenneth Waltz Quotes

Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because...

Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because...

Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because...

Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because...