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June 6, 2026International Security

Competition Under the Security Dilemma

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SRSebastian Rosato

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This article analyzes the security dilemma's impact on great powers, suggesting ongoing competition for security means.

Key Points

  • The research aims to explain how great powers navigate the security dilemma and its impact on their competitive behaviors.
  • Developed a structural realist theory of the security dilemma.
  • Analyzed historical records from 1871 to 1990.
  • Compared findings with offense-defense theory.
  • Great powers are always under the security dilemma, leading to intensified competition for security.
  • Contrary to offense-defense theory, conditions are rare where great powers escape the security dilemma.
  • Structural realism provides a more accurate understanding of the competition between great powers than offense-defense theory.

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Sebastian Rosato (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23ba3c71a5da9775e75fc0https://doi.org/10.1162/isec.a.404
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