Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute.

The sad fact is that international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business, and it is likely to remain that way.

Bandwagoning is a strategy for the weak.

Great powers must be forever vigilant and never subordinate survival to any other goal, including prosperity.

The Soviet Union and its empire disappeared in large part because its smokestack economy could no longer keep up with the technological progress of the world's major economic powers.

When World War II started on September 1, 1939, the German army contained 3.74 million soldiers and 103 divisions.

Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute.