According to Many Realists, Which of the Following Is Not

question 2

Multiple Choice

According to many realists, which of the following is not one of Russia's strategies to enhance national power, preserve sovereignty, and balance against the United States?

• A) defying one of the key norms of the liberal world order by acquiring territory by force in Ukraine
• B) modernizing and building up its strategic nuclear arsenal to counter the weapons of the United States, China, and other major powers
• C) deployed missiles close to the border with Poland and Lithuania, thereby violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
• D) concluding new trade agreements with the EU, in part to stabilize East-West relations

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