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<blockquote data-quote="sanzar" data-source="post: 78585"><p>Bingo. The international system is by defenition anarchic and security has long been considered (be those of the realist school) a relative gain... so everytime you increase your own security you decrease the relative security of those around you (providing this is military security), thus making the prospect of security itself very difficult to attain. Of course countries from the developed world are generally far more eager to solve any problems they have with each other diplomatically because of the apparent lack of profitability in going to war when the cost is likely to outweigh any gains.</p><p></p><p>Seriously, Iran may carry on like lunatics (as do the North Koreans), but their actions are still calculated... if anything it's the Israeli's who are acting the least rational at the moment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sanzar, post: 78585"] Bingo. The international system is by defenition anarchic and security has long been considered (be those of the realist school) a relative gain... so everytime you increase your own security you decrease the relative security of those around you (providing this is military security), thus making the prospect of security itself very difficult to attain. Of course countries from the developed world are generally far more eager to solve any problems they have with each other diplomatically because of the apparent lack of profitability in going to war when the cost is likely to outweigh any gains. Seriously, Iran may carry on like lunatics (as do the North Koreans), but their actions are still calculated... if anything it's the Israeli's who are acting the least rational at the moment. [/QUOTE]
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