John Mearsheimer
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Political scientist at the University of Chicago; a leading structural realist and author of The Tragedy of Great Power Politics.
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22 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Power is the currency of international relations, and states are driven above all to maximise how much of it they control. (opens korrents.com)
“I believe that power is the currency of international relations, and by that I mean that states are deeply interested in the balance of power and they're interested in maximizing how much power they control.”
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A state's power rests on two material foundations only: the size of its population and its wealth. (opens korrents.com)
“The two key building blocks of power are population size and wealth. You want to have a lot of people and you want to be really wealthy.”
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States are not inherently aggressive; anarchy leaves them no choice but to behave aggressively. (opens korrents.com)
“So it's very important to understand that I'm not arguing that states are inherently aggressive. My point is that as long as states are in anarchy, they have no choice but to behave in an aggressive fashion.”
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Power is the currency of international relations, and states are driven above all to maximise how much of it they control. (opens korrents.com)
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1 recommendation on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Who Are We? (opens rcmnd.app)
“Sam Huntington’s book, Who Are We? Which in many ways I love that book, but it has one fundamental flaw and a number of people told him beforehand that flaw existed and he didn’t fix it”
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Who Are We? (opens rcmnd.app)