No system of balance functions automatically.

It is not true that were the Soviet Union to disappear the remaining states could easily live in peace.

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.

Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.

In a zero-sum game, the problem is entirely one of distribution, not at all one of production.

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

In anarchy there is no automatic harmony .