Robert Gilpin - War Quotes

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One of the principal functions of war, and particularly... hegemonic war, is to determine the international hierarchy of prestige and thereby determine which states will in effect govern the international system.

Robert Gilpin

Trade is the oldest and most important economic nexus among nations. Indeed, trade along with war ha been central to the evolution of international relations.

Robert Gilpin

The historical record suggests that the transition to to a new hegemon has always been attended by what I have elsewhere called hegemonic war.

Robert Gilpin