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  • The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

  • Written by: John J. Mearsheimer
  • Narrated by: Mark Ashby
  • Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
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The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

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A decade after the cold war ended, policy makers and academics foresaw a new era of peace and prosperity, an era in which democracy and open trade would herald the "end of history." The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, sadly shattered these idyllic illusions, and John Mearsheimer's masterful new book explains why these harmonious visions remain utopian.

To Mearsheimer, great power politics are tragic because the anarchy of the international system requires states to seek dominance at one another's expense, dooming even peaceful nations to a relentless power struggle. Mearsheimer illuminates his theory of offensive realism through a sweeping survey of modern great power struggles and reflects on the bleak prospects for peace in Europe and northeast Asia, arguing that the United States's security competition with a rising China will intensify regardless of "engagement" policies.

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REALISM IS THE DRIVER OF POLITICS

It is an amazing insight into great power politics based on realism and has attempted to envisage the future zones of power tussle that is North East Asia.

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Interesting international history

A wonderful rendering of the history of conflict between nations and the underlying history

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