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00:00 Intro
00:19 John's PERFECTS response to Piers
02:08 What is political realism?
3:37 The necessary balance of world powers
4:47 John calls Henry Kissinger an "opportunist"
5:56 Can you be a neocon and realist?
6:10 neocons and neoliberals are basically the same

Katie plays a clip of John Mearsheimer challenging Piers Morgan for believing that America should be the world police and is motivated primarily by a commitment to democracy and freedom. Then Professor Mearsheimer tells Katie what really motivates the United States, explains political realism, shares his thoughts on Henry Kissinger and says “there’s not a lot of difference between” neocons and neoliberals.

John Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Chicago and the author of "Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics," "The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities," and coauthor of the controversial and groundbreaking "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy."

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