Conversations with History: John Mearsheimer

[MWSARSCA]

If University of California is at Berkeley, then what is UCLA?

[alilapointe1]

orgasmic international relations lecture

[tikkunolam613]

Can you imagine what an example it would set for the world if we were able to find a way to live in peace in Israel/Palestine? All the pieces of the puzzle are there: a shared monotheistic tradition, a shared land, and shared interests.We are closer to actualizing this than most people realize.Peace is in the best interest of all parties involved...it is a non-zero sum game.May G-d bless us with the wisdom to see clearly that peace is a matter of creating the conditions for mutual prosperity

[dambature]

I have bought this theory. Realism is the TRUTH!!! I looked back on history and there are no obvious inconsistencies between realist observation and observable facts. Liberalism is woefully inadequate and constructivism is a toddler who hasn't even learnt the names of things!!

[pennstatedan]

@dambature: All of these theories are the "TRUTH." They all work, but none of them work that well alone. All of them "observe" history well; none of them predict history well (e.g. fall of the Berlin wall or the USSR). Constructivism is still a method, not a theory, and thankfully hasn't been thrown out with the bath-water before it has gotten to be a "toddler." It's impossible to ignore all the other theories in our complex world that is no longer (if ever) simply billiard balls.

[jrm21386]

I love being able to sit back, relax, listen, and take in the concepts without the strain that reading puts on my eyes. Thank you for posting these videos UCtelevision.

[eddy33100]

@jrm21386 haha i know what you mean. this has made my revision much more enjoyable!

[chrisocony]

Good stuff, thanks UC

[Scrollerman]

This is really a great interview to listen to. I'm learning a lot from this. Definitly worth watching.

[dandiacal]

I really agree with Mearsheimer and I wish that people who fall into the usual categories like socialists, anarchists, libertarian, right wing conservatives and so on, would come out of their ossified frames and get interested in ideas that transcend such categories.

[tygge2000]

The reason for the lack of aggression from Japan, Germany, Great Britain, Korea, France and Russia is not american armies in the region. I find this argument weak!

[maverick7919]

Taking into account norms and ideas is a Constructivist view of International Relations. Realists, like Mearsheimer, don't place much value of norms or ideas in their theory.

[1888junkteam]

excellent work!

[somalipeace]

Johns arguments about the USA regional hegemony in west Hampshire its quite true that usa can't be the police of the world but can have influence alliance with other regional actors, , the question i have is when states are analyzing their foreign policy do they consider they findings in realist thoughts?

[Nuyann]

Leaders probably follow their perceived self-interest. Perceived yes, as it is influenced by their norms and ideas on the world.

So yeah, I disagree with Maersheimer, but do think his perspective is a very useful as a perspective on the world and it explains a lot of why the world is at is.