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18 Nov 2023

First of all, I believe that power is the currency of international relations, and by that I mean that states are deeply interested in the balance of power and they’re interested in maximizing how much power they control.

“First of all, I believe that power is the currency of international relations, and by that I mean that states are deeply interested in the balance of power and they’re interested in maximizing how much power they control.”

Speaker: John Mearsheimer
Episode: #401 – John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3
Publisher: Lex Fridman Podcast

What John said.

First of all, I believe that power is the currency of international relations, and by that I mean that states are deeply interested in the balance of power and they’re interested in maximizing how much power they control.