Then what explains war among states? Rousseau's answer is really that war occurs because there is nothing to prevent it.

The transitory interests of royal houses may be advanced in war; the real interests of all people are furthered by the peace.

Then what explains war among states? Rousseau's answer is really that war occurs because there is nothing to prevent it.

War may achieve a redistribution of resources, but labor, not war, creates wealth.

The best critical consideration of the inherent weakness of a federation of states in which the law of the federation has to be enforced on the states who are its members is contained in the Federalist Papers.

In anarchy there is no automatic harmony .

States in the world are like individuals in the state of nature. They are neither perfectly good nor are they controlled by law.