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security dilemma  

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  • Security problem encountered among states of roughly equal power, states that may get involved in an arms race and then be unable to disengage. Security dilemmas are possible when states are most concerned with their own security and with their relative power position in the international system. [Source: Encyclopedia of United States National Security; Security Dilemma]

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