Acknowledgments	6
	Contents	7
	List of Figures	9
	List of Tables	10
	Chapter 1: Introduction	11
	Theoretical Framework: Research Design and Hypothesis Testing	14
	Overview	14
	Theoretical Framework	16
	Theory Building	20
	Hypothesis and Variables	22
	Theoretical Expectation and Potential Predictability	25
	Chapter Outline	26
	Conclusions	29
	References	30
	Part I: Theory Building	32
	Chapter 2: Grand Strategies of States in Anarchy: Prestige and Self-Determination	34
	Introduction	34
	Grand Strategies Defined	35
	Grand Strategies of States Great and Weak	40
	Balance of Power and Prestige	41
	Playing the Field: Weak State Grand Strategy	43
	Game of Go International System Explained	47
	Transactions Between Great Powers and Weak States: A Key Systemic-Creating Force	50
	Conclusion	56
	References	57
	Chapter 3: Balance of World-Systems and Neoempire	60
	World-Systems and the Network of Elites, the Psychopaths of Neoempire	61
	Wealth Makes Power, Power Makes Wealth: Neoempire Development	65
	Classical Empire and Neoempire Compared	70
	Classical Empire	70
	Neoempire: United States and Soviet Union During the Cold War	74
	Why Hegemony Is an Incomplete Concept	84
	Conclusions	85
	References	86
	Chapter 4: Systems-Creation and Competition	89
	Introduction	89
	The Structure of the International System: Transactions Between Grand Strategies	90
	Structures	91
	Units	94
	Transactions	96
	Synthesis	100
	Systemic Practice and the Diffusion of Psychopathy	102
	Putting the Pieces Back Together: The International System Redefined	108
	Conclusions	113
	References	114
	Part II: Case Studies	117
	Chapter 5: The Global South and the Neoempires of the United States and China	119
	Introduction	119
	Battle of the Banks: Global Political Infrastructure and Neoempire	120
	New Development Bank and Coal: Finance, Energy, and Neoempire1	125
	Chinese Neoempire: Competing Against the United States	129
	Core-Periphery Dependency Networks in China’s Neoempire: Pakistan, Zimbabwe, and Zambia	133
	Bandwagoning for Profit and Systemic Change: Neoempire Building	136
	Conclusions	143
	References	144
	Chapter 6: Neoempires Under Construction: The European Union and Eurasian Union	148
	Supranationalism As Systemic Practice: History of the European Union and Eurasian Union	149
	Weakness of Unions: Weak States, Playing the Field, and Complementarity1	153
	Ukraine and Armenia: Appreciating Constraints	154
	Greece As Europe’s Trojan Horse	157
	The European Union and Russia: Neoempire in Action2	160
	Conclusion	164
	References	165
	Part III: Cognitive Theory	167
	Chapter 7: States As Psychopaths	168
	Introduction	168
	The State As the Subject/Patient	170
	Realists As Psychoanalysts and Diagnosing States	173
	Examining Self-Destructive Behavior: The Security Dilemma	176
	Determining Criteria for the Psychopathic State: Incorporating the Contributions of Michael Stone	177
	States As the Psychopath or Having Psychotic Traits	181
	Conclusions and Contributions to the Field of International Relations	186
	References	188
	Chapter 8: Two Choices: War or Peace	190
	Money Is Power: The Production of Domestic Political Systems1	191
	Option 1: Systemic Change Through War and Violence	194
	Option 2: Global Social Movements and Prospects for Change	206
	The Politics of Forgiveness: A Global Framework for Reconciliation	210
	Concluding Remarks	215
	References	216
	Chapter 9: Conclusion	219
	International Relations Theory: States and Humans	220
	Scholarly Contribution and Goals	224
	Final Words	226
	References	227
	References	229
	Index	244