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.

China, in short has the potential to be considerably more powerful than even the United States.

Important benefits often accrue to states that behave in an unexpected way.

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

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

The liberal tradition has its roots in the Enlightenment, that period in the eighteenth-century Europe when intellectuals and political leaders had a powerful sense that reason could be employed to make the world a better place.

Bandwagoning is a strategy for the weak.