Secondly, I survey the history of the “ultimate weapon.” Viewing the nation-state as the first ultimate weapon, I consider what sugggestions the efforts to prevent the outbursts of its destructive power may provide in order to prevent the use of today’s ultimate weapon of nuclear arms. [...] Regarding the Soviet Union’s perception, the X Article stated: “The theory of the inevitability of the eventual fall of capitalism has the fortunate connotation that there is no hurry about it.” It asserted that the USSR was in no rush, so unless the West engaged in provocation out of impatience, the probability of a Soviet military attack was low. [...] The wars that ended in the unification of Italy in 1861 and the unification of Germany in 1870, as well as the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95 and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05 demonstrated the difficulty of stopping the forces of the awakening nation-states. [...] This was also a source of weakness and instability that led to the rise of a new empire, which mobilized the citizens making full use of the structures of the nation-state and aspired to expand beyond the territory of the nation-state. [...] Following the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, an international order centered on the Western camp was established.
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