The ideal situation for any state is to experience sharp economic growth while its rivals' economies grow slowly or hardly at all.

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

The German air offensives against British cities in World Wars I and II not only failed to coerce the United Kingdom to surrender, but Germany also lost both wars.

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

Offensive realism predicts that the United States will send its army across the Atlantic when there is a potential hegemon in Europe that the local great powers cannot contain by themselves.

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

The most dangerous states in the international system are continental powers with large armies.