‘China and the United States are destined to be adversaries if China’s power grows.’
John J. Mearsheimer in his book ‘The Tragedy of Great Power Politics’ analyses this statement through and through using the lens of offensive realism. Mearsheimer uses his years of experience in the military to theorize about international politics. ‘He feels that international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business’. In this book he takes the cases of different great powers in history to analyze their rise and fall. This is used to predict the future of world politics and what shape it will take in the 21st century. In Mearsheimer’s third book after Conventional Detterance (1993) and Liddle Hart and Weight of History (1988), the author conveys to the audience about how major powers in the past have and will continue to battle for control and authority over and establish a world order. The book is an analysis of the past, how and why major states fight. It also makes an attempt to determine future consequences of foreign policies of the US and emerging powers like China. Mearsheimer uses his past experience to understand human nature and what they are really capable of doing to one another.
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How the revolution in Russia affected its foreign policies over the years till its collapse in 1991. Will China’s policy be peaceful or will it be a war between two major powers? Mearsheimer feels that the peace attained after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991may not remain for long and there will be a battle to control different regions across the world as strongholds for major powers. Examples for this could be China in Asia, India in South Asia, Russia in Northern Europe and Northern Asia, Germany in mainland Europe and the United States, which already maintains a stronghold in most of the
John J. Mearsheimer in his book ‘The Tragedy of Great Power Politics’ analyses this statement through and through using the lens of offensive realism. Mearsheimer uses his years of experience in the military to theorize about international politics. ‘He feels that international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business’. In this book he takes the cases of different great powers in history to analyze their rise and fall. This is used to predict the future of world politics and what shape it will take in the 21st century. In Mearsheimer’s third book after Conventional Detterance (1993) and Liddle Hart and Weight of History (1988), the author conveys to the audience about how major powers in the past have and will continue to battle for control and authority over and establish a world order. The book is an analysis of the past, how and why major states fight. It also makes an attempt to determine future consequences of foreign policies of the US and emerging powers like China. Mearsheimer uses his past experience to understand human nature and what they are really capable of doing to one another.
An important aim of …show more content…
How the revolution in Russia affected its foreign policies over the years till its collapse in 1991. Will China’s policy be peaceful or will it be a war between two major powers? Mearsheimer feels that the peace attained after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991may not remain for long and there will be a battle to control different regions across the world as strongholds for major powers. Examples for this could be China in Asia, India in South Asia, Russia in Northern Europe and Northern Asia, Germany in mainland Europe and the United States, which already maintains a stronghold in most of the