Basically, to put a long story short it's because the United States couldn't keep their noses in their own business. ... As president kept committing the United States to the conflict little by little, many of these ambition was forgotten. ...
From my own definition, I would define that multipolar system consist of three to seven independent centers, or poles, that are relatively equal in power. ... Mearsheimer's integrates the basic neo-realists assumptions to his own theories, and tends to describe better the international system. ... In response to hegemonic ambitions, states are more often act buck-passing than balancing. That is, "states pass the security buck to others if they can, hoping that another state will expend its own strength to stop or at least weaken the aspiring hegemon, leaving the buck passer stronger rel...
