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A book titled for these actors claims they are restricted by the “stopping power of water” and that they inspire others to engage in buck-passing and bandwagoning. The “tragedy” of politics defined by these actors titles a book by John Mearsheimer. (-5[1])Graham Allison (-5[1])argued that a (-5[1])threatened one of these states tends toward war due to the Thucydides trap. Joseph Nye described the diplomatic influence of these states as a (-5[1])concept’s “soft” form. (10[1])There is only one of these states in a unipolar (10[2])international (10[1])order. (10[1])China is often considered an “emerging” one of these (10[1])states, (10[2])threatening the United States’ hegemony. For 10 points, name these states that dominate international affairs. ■END■ (10[3])

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