Recorded on October 9, 2018

It is widely believed in the West that the United States should spread liberal democracy across the world, foster an open international economy, and build institutions. This policy of remaking the world in America's image is supposed to protect human rights, promote peace, and make the world safe for democracy. John Mearsheimer argues in book "The Great Delusion" however that liberal hegemony, the foreign policy pursued by the United States since the Cold War ended, is doomed to fail, and for Washington to adopt a more restrained foreign policy based on a sound understanding of how nationalism and realism constrain great powers abroad.

Referenced book: https://hvr.co/2CzDCco