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If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.

Henry Kissinger

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it’s their fault.
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Funny Mistake People Thinking Yourself
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
Americans hold that every problem has a solution; Chinese think that each solution is an admission ticket to a new set of problems.
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Perspective Problem Thinking
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.
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Fear Insecurity Nation Represent
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
It is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.
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Learning Nation Past
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
The art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
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Art Avoid Revenge
order without freedom, even if sustained by momentary exaltation, eventually creates its own counterpoise; yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Creation Freedom Peace Rule
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset

If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.

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If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.

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