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

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