CEVAP:

Although the international system is anarchic, states are interdependent.
• All actors (both state and transnational nonstate actors) are rational and their behaviors are driven by strategic calculations of their interests.
• States are not concerned with relative profits and gains. Rather they focus on absolute profits and gains. It is a non-zero-sum game or a win-win situation.
• Institutions have substantial roles. They increase mutual responsiveness and transparency and reduce uncertainty about the intentions and motives of others. Thus, institutions facilitate cooperation among international actors (Hohenstedt, 2017: 3).