Defensive realism
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In international relations, defense realism is a variant of realism. Like realism, defense realism looks at states as rational players who are the primary actors in world affairs. Defense realism predicts that anarchy on the world stage causes states to become obsessed with security. This results in security dilemmas where one state's drive to increase its security can, because security is viewed as a zero-sum game, result in greater instability as its opponent(s) respond to their resulting reductions in security.
