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silviawilliams41 · **on:** Sep 10, 2018

What general and necessary law of nature do the Athenians identify as the basis of their foreign policy?

a. Rules fit for gods are not fit for states.
b. States will rule over everything that they can.
c. A state is only as strong as its enemies think it is.
d. States will not act sensibly when questions of international honor are at stake.
e. No state would ever voluntarily forsake its independence, making wars between empires and weak states inevitable.

Question 2

What is the dilemma involved in the so-called security dilemma?

a. In order to protect itself, a state may sometimes need to take immoral action.
b. Any state's security depends on the willingness of allies to come to its aid when attacked.
c. States cannot know how to defend themselves in the absence of enforceable international law.
d. One state's attempt to increase its own security might provoke a response from other states, which ultimately undermines the security of the first state.
e. The existence of state security increases international tensions.