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Fighting in the Middle East is literally the exact opposite of what Neorealists believe. John Mearsheimer opposed to these idiotic middle east wars and has bee
by nickik 5y ago
Fighting in the Middle East is literally the exact opposite of what Neorealists believe.
John Mearsheimer opposed to these idiotic middle east wars and has been for a long time.
- guerrilla 5y agoYou're confounding descriptive and persctiptive theory. Such conflicts are an obvious consequence of the setup despite deeper strategic analysis advising against it. In his book, Mearsheimer > readily acknowledges the inherent pessimism of offensive realism and its predictions because his world is one in which conflict between great powers will never see an end. [1] 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Great_Power_Politics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Great_Power_P...
- nickik 5y agoFighting in the Middle East is not great power conflict. Fighting in the Middle East is evidence of a broken political process, not an inevitable outcome of Offensive Realism.