States are inherently aggressive and expansionist because they exist in an anarchic international system where there is no higher authority to keep them in check.

写作是一段通往未知的旅程，每一个字都是踏入自我深渊的一步。

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

我现在生活的全部信念在于，孤独远非一种罕见而奇特的现象，它不仅仅是我和少数其他孤独者的特质，而是人类存在的核心和不可避免的事实。