States are rational actors that seek to maximize their power and security in an anarchic international system.
艺术是使我们认识真相的谎言。
过去从未消逝,它甚至从未过去。
最有力的时刻是无言的时刻。
The greatest predictor of a novel's quality is the novelist's willingness to confront the unlovely truth about himself or herself.