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.

Bandwagoning is a strategy for the weak.

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.

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

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.

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