What is true about the stability/instability paradox?

a. States will pursue nuclear warfare if the benefits outweigh the costs
b. States can engage in warfare because they know it will not escalate into a nuclear
one
c. States will never engage in warfare because it destabilizes the international
system
d. States will not engage in warfare because it might escalate into a nuclear war
e. States will always fight one another


b

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