World Affairs

  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue: 3

Limits of Offensive Realism Emergence of a New Form of Realism the Case of the SCO

  • Author:
  • Cédric Garrido
  • Total Page Count: 18
  • Published Online: Nov 24, 2025
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 10 to 27

Abstract

The theory of offensive realism was defined by John J Mearsheimer. It has certain limitations and may turn out to be counter productive, as demonstrated by the case of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), among others.