“Preserving power, rather than increasing it, is the main goal of states.”
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 1, Introduction, p. 20
John J. Mearsheimer é um professor de ciência política e teórico das relações internacionais norte-americano ligado à Universidade de Chicago, conhecido por seu livro A Tragédia da Política das Grandes Potências lançado em 2001, sobre o realismo ofensivo.
Mearsheimer é também co-autor de The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy , de 2007.Seu livro de 2011 Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics foi descrito como um catálogo das "mentiras que as nações contam umas às outras". Numa entrevista a The Boston Globe, o entrevistador resumiu o comportamento dos políticos, segundo o livro, nos seguintes termos: "Minta seletivamente, minta bem e sobretudo seja bom no que você faz." Mearsheimer concordou: "Sim. Fico triste em dizer que é verdade."
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“Preserving power, rather than increasing it, is the main goal of states.”
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 1, Introduction, p. 20
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 1, Introduction, p. 2
Preface, p. xi
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001)
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 6, Great Powers in Action, p. 211
“Decapitation is a fanciful strategy.”
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 4, The Primacy of Land Power, p. 109
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 361
Fonte: 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.”
Fonte: 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.”
Fonte: 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.”
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 1, Introduction, p. 16
“States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.”
Fonte: 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.”
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 398
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 6, Great Powers in Action, p. 202
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 8, Balancing versus Buck-Passing, p. 269
Fonte: 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.”
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 4, The Primacy of Land Power, p. 135
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 385
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 7, The Offshore Balancers, p. 252
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 9, The Causes of Great Power War, p. 337
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 4, The Primacy of Land Power, p. 84
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 4, The Primacy of Land Power, p. 99
Fonte: 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.”
Fonte: 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.”
Fonte: 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.”
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 5, Strategies for Survival, p. 143
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 10, Great Power Politics in the Twenty First Century, p. 371
Fonte: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), Chapter 8, Balancing versus Buck-Passing, p. 307