How states interpret 'anarchy' defines varying 'cultures of anarchy'

Anarchy is not inherently dangerous, unstable, or scary; instead, it becomes so only when states interpret it as such. Wendt argued that that there are at least three different types or cultures of anarchies, each of which can be internalised by different actors to different degrees

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