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

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