According to Power Transition Realists, Why Is It That the United

question 25

Multiple Choice

According to power transition realists, why is it that the United States could launch a preemptive war unilaterally?

• A) because international institutions gave special powers to the United States to act unilaterally
• B) because the United States had an internationally mandated mission to protect and promote democracy
• C) because the United States had an extraordinary concentration of power in national wealth, military expenditures, and composite measures of power
• D) because terrorism as a threat could not be tied to any state actors, so the United States could launch a war to wipe out terrorists preparing to attack

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