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defensive realism  

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  • Defensive realism follows the basic neorealist assumptions that the anarchic nature of the international system compels states to seek self-help for survival. The impulse to survive is thus the primary factor that conditions state behavior. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Defensive Realism]

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