Fidel Karyj·Oct 30Defying the Chessboard: How the Ukrainian Underdog Broke the Dogma of Great Power Politics.The latest oil deal between Trump and Putin sent ripples through Kremlin mouthpieces, who portrayed it as a triumph for Russia and the…A response icon2A response icon2
James Sanders·Sep 23The Folly of Offensive RealismThis essay evaluates neorealism as a lens on present developments in international politics, focussing specifically on John Mearsheimer’s…
Hadi Ebrahimi·Jan 28An analogy for the theory of Offensive RealismIn this article, I’d like to provide an analogy to explain the theory of Offensive Realism. A famous neorealist theory of international…
Søhail·Nov 19, 2025The Shape of Power, and the Cost of Its PursuitI answered, long ago, the question of why nations reach beyond their borders in search of power. For smaller states — those billiard balls…
Aldo Grech·Oct 26, 2025Russian TheatreEvery empire eventually discovers that the battlefield alone cannot win a war. When tanks stall, narratives take over. What Russia has…
Student·Sep 7, 2025Understanding Mearsheimer’s Tragedy of Great Power Politics: A Perspective-Based ReviewOn the disapproving misconception of the West in “perpetual peace” among great powers, Mearsheimer subtly criticises Fukuyama’s “End of…
Pat Taub·Aug 6, 2024Gaza’s Forgotten ChildrenI feel like I’m living in an alternate reality where the mounting deaths, grave injuries and trauma experienced by Gaza’s children are…
Pyrocracy·Apr 30, 2024Mearsheimer: afraid of God, Men, or MARINA?At this point, you might have realized that I am not always a hundred-thousand percent serious on this blog. Still, I want my posts to have…
InThe Political PrismbyJohn Polonis·Dec 5, 2023Why John Mearsheimer Is Dangerously Wrong About PutinWhen the ivory tower has real world consequencesA response icon5A response icon5
