In the anarchic world of international politics, it is bett… - John Mearsheimer

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In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.

John Mearsheimer

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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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In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi. - John Mearsheimer

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