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Not really. He lets Mearsheimer himself get into a knot where he rebrands imperialism into “great power politics”.
by thawaya3113 5y ago
Not really. He lets Mearsheimer himself get into a knot where he rebrands imperialism into “great power politics”.
- sidibe 5y agoMearsheimer and other geopolitical overthinkers are in a fantasy where small countries should have or have no will of their own and would never choose to reorient to liberal democracy without USA forcing it on them no matter how much more attractive EU is than being a Russian vassal
- empressplay 5y agoYou mistake saying 'how something is' with approving of it. Pragmatism is an essential part of diplomacy, without it you quickly discover how essential it is. This is no fantasy, this is reality, as frustrating as that may be.
- sidibe 5y agoI don't know, every time I hear these realist pragmatists they seem to me to be ignoring the reality in favor of their theories. NATO's growth, if you believe Eastern Europeans, is because they didn't want to be pressured by Russia. But since it doesn't fit the framework, what they say is ignored and instead it's all an overstepping power play from the USA