I feel like this has been a concept for a long time within imperialist studies, but I can’t find it. Surely it’s a thing. What would you call it?

EDIT: thanks for all the brilliant responses

    • dinklesplein [any, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 month ago

      fwiw i agree with this, viewing great power competition as the default of inter-state relations is basically the closest to ‘imperialist realism’ if what ‘imperialist realism’ means is the assumption that states always do antagonistic/competitive actions to further hegemonic aims, which is more or less what people mean when they say ‘imperialism has always been a thing’.

      • Fishroot [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        1 month ago

        This is why listening to Mersheimer sounds like someone made up stuff on the fly, cherry pick and give the “I told you so” respond when their unrealistic ideas are not adopted