CEVAP:

There are two basic principles underlying neorealism: first, the international system’s ordering principle is anarchy: there is no such thing as a world power superior to states. This results in an international system that is essentially a self-help system, with autonomous states that are functionally similar actors, each of which must always be prepared to defend or protect itself. The units (states) closely resemble each other in the functions they perform, the tasks faced, the primary goals they seek (with survival always being the fundamental goal and all other goals, including security, based on that survival), and how they go about accomplishing their objectives. Under anarchy, each state by and large operates on its own without having recourse to any higher authority to settle disputes and enforce law.

The second defining principle of the structure of international politics is the distribution of capabilities (power) across the units inhabiting the international system. Capabilities, or power, vary significantly between states; states, though functionally undifferentiated, are distinguished according to how much power they possess. Variations in power result in variations in the types and magnitude of structural constraints that states face, thereby leading to variations in how states behave or should behave.