What John Mearsheimer thinks about democracy
Political scientist at the University of Chicago, author of The Tragedy of Great Power Politics and the founding statement of offensive realism.
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1 dated position, 2023, in their own words. Our reading of what John Mearsheimer has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingWhether a state is a democracy or an autocracy makes no difference to how it behaves abroad.
Their wordsA realist like me would say that it doesn't matter whether a state is a democracy or not, all states behave the same way because the structure of the system, getting back to our earlier discussion about international anarchy, the structure of the system leaves those states no choice, whether they're democracies or autocracies.
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