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The security dilemma revisited: a paradigm for international security in the twenty-first century?

Christoph Bluth

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The concept of the ‘security dilemma’ is a classic term in realist international relations theory coined by John Herz to explain the behaviour of states in an anarchic self-help international syste...

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The concept of the ‘security dilemma’ is a classic term in realist international relations theory coined by John Herz to explain the behaviour of states in an anarchic self-help international syste...

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The concept of the ‘security dilemma’ is a classic term in realist international relations theory coined by John Herz to explain the behaviour of states in an anarchic self-help international syste...

Key concepts: Security dilemma, Dilemma, International relations, International security, Security studies, Human security, International relations theory, Political science

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