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

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

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

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.

In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler believed that his great-power rivals would be easy to exploit and isolate because each had little interest in fighting Germany and instead was determined to get someone else to assume the burden. He guessed right.

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

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