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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 (-5[1])defined (-5[1])by these actors titles a book (10[1]-5[1])by John Mearsheimer. Graham Allison argued that a threatened one of these states tends toward war due to the Thucydides trap. Joseph Nye described the diplomatic influence of these states as a concept’s “soft” form. There (10[1])is only (10[1])one of these states in a unipolar international order. China is often considered an “emerging” (10[2])one of these (10[1])states, (-5[1])threatening the United States’ hegemony. For 10 points, name these states that dominate international affairs. ■END■ (10[3])

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