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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 (-5[1])by John Mearsheimer. (-5[1])Graham (10[1])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 (10[1])states as a concept’s “soft” form. There is only one of these states in a unipolar international (10[1])order. China (10[2])is often considered an (10[1])“emerging” (-5[1])one of these (10[1])states, threatening the United States’ hegemony. For 10 points, name these states that dominate international affairs. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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