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  • The liberal tradition has its roots in the Enlightenment, that period in the eighteenth-century Europe when intellectuals and political leaders had a powerful sense that reason could be employed to make the world a better place.

    Powerful   Europe   Roots  
    John J. Mearsheimer (2002). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics”, p.31, W. W. Norton & Company
  • The most dangerous states in the international system are continental powers with large armies.

    Army   States   Dangerous  
    John J. Mearsheimer (2002). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics”, p.172, W. W. Norton & Company
  • I believe that the existing power structures in Europe and Northeast Asia are not sustainable through 2020.

    Believe   Europe   Asia  
    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.402, W. W. Norton & Company
  • Great powers must be forever vigilant and never subordinate survival to any other goal, including prosperity.

    Goal   Forever   Survival  
    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.388, W. W. Norton & Company
  • Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute.

    "The Tragedy of Great Power Politics". Book by John Mearsheimer, 2001.
  • The ideal situation for any state is to experience sharp economic growth while its rivals' economies grow slowly or hardly at all.

    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.161, W. W. Norton & Company
  • In an ideal world, where there are only good states, power would be largely irrelevant.

    World   Would Be   States  
    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.33, W. W. Norton & Company
  • Bandwagoning is a strategy for the weak.

    Strategy   Weak  
    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.180, W. W. Norton & Company
  • Important benefits often accrue to states that behave in an unexpected way.

    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.183, W. W. Norton & Company
  • Decapitation is a fanciful strategy.

    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.126, W. W. Norton & Company
  • A state's potential power is based on the size of its population and the level of its wealth.

    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.60, W. W. Norton & Company
  • States care about relative wealth, because economic might is the foundation of military might.

    "The Tragedy of Great Power Politics". Book by John Mearsheimer, 2001.
  • The German air offensives against British cities in World Wars I and II not only failed to coerce the United Kingdom to surrender, but Germany also lost both wars.

    War   Air   Cities  
    "The Tragedy of Great Power Politics". Book by John Mearsheimer, 2001.
  • The Soviet Union and its empire disappeared in large part because its smokestack economy could no longer keep up with the technological progress of the world's major economic powers.

    Progress   World   Unions  
    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.219, W. W. Norton & Company
  • When World War II started on September 1, 1939, the German army contained 3.74 million soldiers and 103 divisions.

    War   Army   Soldier  
    John J. Mearsheimer (2002). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics”, p.371, W. W. Norton & Company
  • Offensive realism predicts that the United States will send its army across the Atlantic when there is a potential hegemon in Europe that the local great powers cannot contain by themselves.

    "The Tragedy of Great Power Politics". Book by John Mearsheimer, 2001.
  • China, in short has the potential to be considerably more powerful than even the United States.

    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.415, W. W. Norton & Company
  • This self-defeating behavior, so the argument goes, must be the result of warped domestic politics.

    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.228, W. W. Norton & Company
  • In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler believed that his great-power rivals would be easy to exploit and isolate because each had little interest in fighting Germany and instead was determined to get someone else to assume the burden. He guessed right.

    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.55, W. W. Norton & Company
  • The sad fact is that international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business, and it is likely to remain that way.

    Way   Facts   Ruthless  
    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.19, W. W. Norton & Company
  • States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.

    Military   Two   Kind  
    John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.72, W. W. Norton & Company
  • In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.

    "China's Unpeaceful Rise". Current History, Volume 105, 2006.
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  • Born: December 14, 1947
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