“Preserving power, rather than increasing it, is the main goal of states.”
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 1, Introduction, p. 20
John J. Mearsheimer es profesor de ciencia política en la Universidad de Chicago, y un conocido teórico de relaciones internacionales. En cierto sentido, es considerado como miembro de la escuela neorealista en relaciones internacionales.
Principalmente se le conoce por su libro, pionero en el "realismo ofensivo", The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, así como por coescribir y publicar un escrito que luego fue publicado en formato libro, El lobby israelí .[1]
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“Preserving power, rather than increasing it, is the main goal of states.”
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 1, Introduction, p. 20
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 1, Introduction, p. 2
Preface, p. xi
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001)
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 6, Great Powers in Action, p. 211
“Decapitation is a fanciful strategy.”
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 4, The Primacy of Land Power, p. 109
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 361
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 1, Introduction, p. 15
Why China Cannot Rise Peacefully, http://cips.uottawa.ca/event/why-china-cannot-rise-peacefully/
“In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.”
"China's Unpeaceful Rise", Current History (2006) vol. 105 (690) p. 162
“Bandwagoning is a strategy for the weak.”
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 5, Strategies for Survival, p. 163
“A state's potential power is based on the size of its population and the level of its wealth.”
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 2, Anarchy and the Struggle for Power, p. 43
“In an ideal world, where there are only good states, power would be largely irrelevant.”
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 1, Introduction, p. 16
“States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.”
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 3, Wealth and Power, p. 55
“China, in short has the potential to be considerably more powerful than even the United States.”
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 398
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 6, Great Powers in Action, p. 202
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 8, Balancing versus Buck-Passing, p. 269
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 8, Balancing versus Buck-Passing, p. 293
John Mearsheimer on America Unhinged https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwqqzh59sVo provided by the Center for the National Interest. Here Mearsheimer is speaking about the Syrian conflict and potential United States intervention due to the Assad's regime alleged usage of chemical devices.
“The most dangerous states in the international system are continental powers with large armies.”
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 4, The Primacy of Land Power, p. 135
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 385
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 7, The Offshore Balancers, p. 252
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 9, The Causes of Great Power War, p. 337
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 4, The Primacy of Land Power, p. 84
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 4, The Primacy of Land Power, p. 99
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 5, Strategies for Survival, p. 144
“Important benefits often accrue to states that behave in an unexpected way.”
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 5, Strategies for Survival, p. 166
“Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute.”
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 3, Wealth and Power, p. 57
“States care about relative wealth, because economic might is the foundation of military might.”
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 5, Strategies for Survival, p. 143
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 371
Fuente: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 8, Balancing versus Buck-Passing, p. 307