Offshore Balancing Selective Engagement and Global Dominance| Imperial by Design-John J. Mearsheimer

Uncommon Core | Imperial by Design, STRATEGIES USED BY US
1. Isolation, 2. Offshore Balancing
3. Selective Engagement and 4. Global Dominance.

Professor Mearsheimer will discuss his article by the same name from the January/February 2011 Issue of The National Interest. In the article, he considers the decline of US foreign policy from end of the Cold War to the "world of trouble" now: two protracted wars, nuclear stalemates in Iran and North Korea, and the inability to bring about a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The failures of American foreign policy and the misconceptions of global dominance.
The changes in world politics after the Cold War and the challenges for US leadership.
The books and publications of John Mearsheimer on international relations and realism.
The concept of “offshore balancing” and its implications for US interests.

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