The world is a Hobbesian state of nature in which the struggle for domination is the very essence of international life.

The international community lies at the center of the Obama foreign policy. Unfortunately, it is a fiction. There is no such thing. Different countries have different histories, geographies, necessities, and interests. There's no natural, inherent, or enduring international community.

Clashes of values and the struggle for primacy constitute a constant in human history that accounts for that other constant - conflict and war.

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