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The Great Delusion with Professor John Mearsheimer
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The Great Delusion with Professor John Mearsheimer

John J. Mearsheimer
The Bush School of Government & Public Service, 2018
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9

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  • Analytical
  • Overview
  • Visionary

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The United States has pursued a series of costly and ineffective wars since the 1990s and now finds itself at a foreign policy and domestic political crossroads. How did it get to this point? Political theorist and professor John Mearsheimer blames America’s predicament on its pursuit of liberal hegemony after the end of the Cold War. In this thought-provoking video, his “offensive realist” take on geopolitics sets aside partisan labels in favor of the defining identities of liberalism and nationalism, and he outlines how those worldviews play out on the world stage.

Take-Aways

  • Liberalism and nationalism are two distinct political worldviews.
  • America’s foreign policy of liberal hegemony combined liberalism and nationalism.
  • The pursuit of liberal hegemony produced unintended – and deadly – consequences.

About the Speaker

John Mearsheimer is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago.

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