How States Think by John J. Mearsheimer, Sebastian Rosato | Book Club

Full Title: How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy
Suggested by: Member
Pages to read: 176
ISBN: 9780300269307 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9780300274967 (Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What is rationality?
•What priorities do states need to be rational?
•What is nonrationality?
•Are policymakers generally rational or nonrational?
•Is rational moral?
•What do psychologist and economists think of human rationality?
•What is risk and uncertainty?
•How much information do policymakers have on their own state and other states?
•What is a rational aggregation process?
•What is a credible theory?
•What is expected utility?
•What is the role of emotions?
•What is Mutual Assured Destruction?
•What is the effect of forcible democracy promotion?
•Was Putin rational to invade Ukraine?
•What was American policy toward USSR after WWII?
•What was Japanese policy before Pearl Harbor?
•What was American policy during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
•What was German policy before WWI?
•What was France policy towards Nazi before WWII?
•Why did America expand after Cold War?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.