You're confounding descriptive and persctiptive theory. Such conflicts are an obvious consequence of the setup despite deeper strategic analysis advising agains

You'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...