The Great Power Conflict

John Mershemer says there's no avoiding the great power conflict, but that liberal interventionism causes a lot of misery. Versea: I think his view essentially is that this is just the way things are. Great powers are going to emerge, and it's all about whether you dominate them, or if they dominate you. Never before have we faced an external, non human threat, although obviously we're contributing to it, that is existential to all. No i r theory has ever taken into account that possibility,. Or what the world would look like, or how countries would behave under thee circumstances.