Internatıonal Securıty Deneme Sınavı Sorusu #1044655

Whisch of the followings does the neorealist scholar Kenneth N. Waltz mean saying "the balance of power politics is basically a zero-sum game"?


Major powers may be interested in forming an alliance with minor powers.

Alliances and coalitions are clearly collective defense/offence institutions.

Alliances enhance the military power of its members.

The gain of one country is the loss of another country.

International relations and alliances always exist together.


Yanıt Açıklaması:

Waltz suggests that states behave in such a way that results in forming a balance. This tendency, in fact, owes much to the security dilemma. For Waltz, security is the most essential goal for states; however, increasing the national power, paradoxically, may not achieve this goal. It is basically a zero-sum game, the gain of one country is the loss of another. The division of gains may favor certain countries even in winning coalitions and, therefore, pose security challenges for other countries. Therefore, the correct option is D.

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