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Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.

Henry Kissinger

In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
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
A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.
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End Establishment History Power Rise War
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
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
Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.
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Argument Beginning End War
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God
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Blessing Destiny Eyes God Leadership People Play
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
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
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Deep Philosophy True
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Choice Important Reputation Worth

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