In anarchy there is no automatic harmony .

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

The implication of game theory, which is also the implication of the third image, is, however, that the freedom of choice of any one state is limited by the actions of the others.

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

To solve these problems one needs as much an understanding of politics as an understanding of man - and the one cannot be derived from the other.

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

With many sovereign states, with no system of law enforceable among them, with each state judging its grievances and ambitions according to the dictates of its own reason or desire - conflict, sometimes leading to war, is bound to occur.