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The logic and illogic of the security dilemma and contemporary realism: a response to Wagner’s critique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2010

Randall L. Schweller
Randall L. Schweller*
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Department of Political Science, Ohio State University, 2140 Derby Hall, Ohio 43210, USA
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*E-mail: schweller.2@osu.edu
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Symposium on War and the State
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International Theory , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , July 2010 , pp. 288 - 305
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