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The discussion in chapters 2 and 4 makes it evident that the way to cope with uncertainty over others’ intentions constitutes a critical point of divergence between offensive realism on the one side and defensive realism (and other non-offensive realism approaches) on the other (Tang 2008a).
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Tang, S. (2010). Reassurance: A Defensive Realism Theory of Cooperation-building. In: A Theory of Security Strategy for Our Time. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230106048_6
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