The World Knowledge Forum was held on October 10, 2025, in Seoul. One of the headline speakers on the panel “The Future of the Global Geoeconomic Order” was political scientist John Mearsheimer, known worldwide as a leading realist thinker. His realism – often dismissed as pessimism by liberal internationalists – has repeatedly proven prescient. In […]The post Mearsheimer’s ‘optimism’ and South Korea’s dilemma appeared first on Asia Times.