Hobbes suggested that states do not feel any overwhelming need to form or hand over sovereignty to a single governing authority, or world government, because
a. the existence of states in a balance of power alleviates the condition of international anarchy enough to allow some degree of order.
b. insecurity is as great at the international level as at the individual level.
c. states would never be able to agree upon a constitution or treaty for such a one-world government, given varying international norms and values.
d. the militaries of states have too much invested in the state of war for it ever to stop.
Answer: A
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