In a zero-sum game, the problem is entirely one of distribution, not at all one of production. — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
The implication of game theory, which is also the implication of the third image, is, however, that the freedom of choice of any one state is limited by the actions of the others. — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
Then what explains war among states? Rousseau's answer is really that war occurs because there is nothing to prevent it. — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
If we are to have peace, we must learn loyalty to a larger group. And before we can learn loyalty, the thing to which… — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
In a zero-sum game, the problem is entirely one of distribution, not at all one of production. — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
States in the world are like individuals in the state of nature. They are neither perfectly good nor are they controlled by law. — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
To solve these problems one needs as much an understanding of politics as an understanding of man - and the one cannot be derived… — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
The most important causes of political arrangements and acts are found in the nature and behavior of man. — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states… — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
To build a theory of international relations on accidents of geography and history is dangerous. — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
According to the first image of international relations, the locus of the important causes of war is found in the nature and behavior of… — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
War may achieve a redistribution of resources, but labor, not war, creates wealth. — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
