Specifically, the presence of oceans on much of the earth's surface makes it impossible for any state to achieve global hegemony. - John Mearsheimer

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Specifically, the presence of oceans on much of the earth's surface makes it impossible for any state to achieve global hegemony.

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About John Mearsheimer

John J. Mearsheimer (born December 14, 1947) is an American professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He is an international relations theorist. He is the leading proponent of a branch of realist theory called offensive realism, a structural theory which, unlike the classical realism of Hans Morgenthau, blames security competition among great powers on the anarchy of the international system, not on human nature.

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Native Name: John Joseph Mearsheimer
Alternative Names: John J. Mearsheimer
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