The Oligarchic Fallacy: Why Mearsheimer and Sachs Miss the Mark on Western Foreign Policy

A Materialist Critique of State-Centric International Relations Theory Introduction: The Problem with Smart People John Mearsheimer and Jeffrey Sachs are brilliant scholars. Their critiques of American foreign policy—challenging NATO expansion, questioning Israeli actions in Gaza, warning against great power conflict with China—place them far outside the mainstream. They face professional risks…