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Force and Strategy
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Outline
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Realism and Security Studies
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Core Assumptions of Realism
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Levels-of-Analysis: The International System
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International Systems
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Anarchic vs. Hierarchic Political Systems
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Anarchy and Contingency
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Historical Experience: IR Theories
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Historical Experience: IR Theories (cont.)
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Historical Experience: IR Theories (cont.)
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Historical Experience: IR Theories (cont.)
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Historical Experience: IR Theories (cont.)
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The Security Dilemma (SD)
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SD and Paths to Unintended Conflict
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Security Dilemma and Unintended International Conflict (cont...
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Offense-Defense Theory
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Offense-Defense Balance
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Robert Jervis’s Four Worlds
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Scope of Offense-Defense Balance
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Perceived or Objective Balance?
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Van Evera's 10 Causal Paths
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Implications of Offense-Defense Theory
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