John Mearsheimer discusses how the current global political issues came to be. How do states think? Join this exclusive interview to watch distinguished and controversial political theorist John Mearsheimer discuss the issues at the heart of the struggle for global power. To understand world politics, Mearsheimer argues, you need to understand how states think. From Russia's invasion to Ukraine, to whether ideology or realism guides geopolitics, Mearsheimer seeks to uncover the inner workings of our anarchical world. #politicalideologies #johnmearsheimer #internationalrelations John Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and is considered to be one of the most influential international relations theorists of his generation. 00:00 Introduction 01:28 Why is the realist school for international relations the best framework for explaining how states behave? 03:40 How do you understand the cr
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