I believe that the existing power structures in Europe and Northeast Asia are not sustainable through 2020.

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

In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.

States care about relative wealth, because economic might is the foundation of military might.

In an ideal world, where there are only good states, power would be largely irrelevant.

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

This self-defeating behavior, so the argument goes, must be the result of warped domestic politics.