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The Security Dilemma
Nation A
wants to feel safe
Nation B
also wants to be safe
?
B sees the missiles — not the intent
escalation — fear feeding fear
no referee above nations — a promise can't be verified
nobody chose the spiral — everyone built it
searching…
US–China · today
Pacific naval & tech build-up —
each reads the other as the threat
US–USSR · 1947–91
Cold War nuclear arms race —
tens of thousands of warheads
Britain–Germany · 1898–1914
the dreadnought naval race —
battleship for battleship, into WW1
THEA