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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. Graham Allison argued that a threatened one of these states tends toward (-5[1])war due to the Thucydides (-5[1])trap. (-5[1])Joseph Nye described the (10[1])diplomatic influence of these states as a concept’s “soft” form. (10[2])There is only one of these states in a unipolar international (10[1])order. China is often considered an “emerging” one of these 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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