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Common institutions = tempering extreme disparities in state power

Tying victors and defeated major powers into common institutions = means of tempering violent effects of extreme disparities in power, security dilemma, & incentives to balance with military power. Strategic rivalries muted by linking states in mutually constraining institutions.

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