by Aki Nakai
From the classical works of Thucydides, Kautilya, and Machiavelli, to the more contemporary writings of Hans Morgenthau and Kenneth Waltz, to name a few, all have discussed the subject of alliances among political units or sovereign states. Alliances are a universal phenomenon, regardless of the times and their locations. Are there particular tendencies in how allies behave? What external and internal factors determine or...
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