Category Archives: John J. Mearsheimer

John Mearsheimer: EVALUATING U.S. FOREIGN POLICY SINCE THE END OF THE COLD WAR

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Luke Ford

In his presentation, John J. Mearsheimer says that while at this time, the 2003 invasion of Iraq looks like the biggest debacle in U.S. foreign policy in the past 30 years, we may in the future regard American interference in … Continue reading →

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Why Did Japan Attack The US In WWII?

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Luke Ford

For the same reason that most everybody when they are cornered, fight back. I’m finishing off John J. Mearsheimer’s classic, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics: The indictment against Japan for overexpansion boils down to its decision to start a … Continue reading →

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What Drove Germany To Two World Wars?

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Luke Ford

There is nothing that is human that is foreign to me. There is nothing Hitler did that is not inside of everybody. For instance, most people wish that their enemies would simply disappear. Israelis wish that Palestinians would simply disappear, … Continue reading →

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Then Along Came Perry

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Luke Ford

I’m finishing off John J. Mearsheimer’s classic, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. * He quotes a Japanese general on trial for war crimes in 1946: “Haven’t you ever heard of Perry? Tokugawa Japan believed in isolation; it didn’t want … Continue reading →

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The Tragedy Of Great Power Politics (2001)

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Luke Ford

I’m reading John J. Mearsheimer’s 2001 classic: * Great powers that have no reason to fight each other—that are merely concerned with their own survival—nevertheless have little choice but to pursue power and to seek to dominate the other states … Continue reading →

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