The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Jeremy Tambling Publication Date: 01 Sep 2016

Publication Date: 01 Sep 2016

the Hotel de l’Europe

Nonetheless

and how we got to where we are now

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Jeremy Tambling Publication Date: 01 Sep 2016A decade after the cold war ended, policy makers and academics foresaw a new era of peace and prosperity, an era in which democracy and open trade would herald the "end of history." The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, sadly shattered these idyllic illusions, and John Mearsheimer's masterful new book explains why these harmonious visions remain utopian. To Mearsheimer, great power politics are tragic because the anarchy of the international