The Soviet Union and its empire disappeared in large part because its smokestack economy could no longer keep up with the technological progress of the world's major economic powers.
John MearsheimerOffensive realism predicts that the United States will send its army across the Atlantic when there is a potential hegemon in Europe that the local great powers cannot contain by themselves.
John MearsheimerIn an ideal world, where there are only good states, power would be largely irrelevant.
John MearsheimerThe sad fact is that international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business, and it is likely to remain that way.
John Mearsheimer