Realpolitik

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  4/4/2022
  

  In Ukraine, the US Likely to Follow Kissinger's Example and Disappoint Idealists

  by Jeffrey Fields

  "From tacit support of the murderous dictator Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq War to Washington’s close relationship with brutal human rights abuser Saudi Arabia, the U.S. frequently chooses to put its own interest ahead of its professed values."

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• SOURCE: New Statesman
  3/8/2022
  

  John Mearsheimer and the Dark Origins of Realism

  by Adam Tooze

  The vitriol aimed at Mearsheimer's diagnosis of the Russia-Ukraine conflict transcends academic debate and points to the liberal west's frustration at how little it can actually influence Russia. It's a missed opportunity to reflect on the roots and influence of his realist philosophy.