John Mearsheimer is an international relations scholar at University of Chicago. He is one of the most influential and controversial thinkers in the world on the topics of war and power.

He was one of the world’s most powerful and most controversial diplomats celebrated and reviled in equal measure. Former US secretary of State Henry Kissenger, the man who shaped America’s Cold War policy – has died at the age of a hundred.

In the early 90s, the United States stood at the pinnacle of world power. American foreign policy elites on both sides of the political divide felt confident that interventionist strategies had the power to spread democracy, open markets and promote liberal values around the globe.

The Annual Review of Political Science presents an interview with Kenneth Waltz, Senior Research Associate at the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University

As Asian economies and governments continue to gain power, the West needs to find ways to adapt to the new global order, says author and diplomat Kishore Mahbubani. In an insightful look at international politics, Mahbubani shares a three-part strategy that Western governments can use to recover power and improve relations with the rest of the world.