Watch John Mearsheimer and Steven Pinker go head to head on Enlightenment ideals here! kzread.info/dash/bejne/hXVh1qWKeqjgoc4.html

@katong1953

2 ай бұрын

Don't you know that for 8 years Putin asked the people of Donbass to give the Minsk agreements a chance? How does this show that Putin wanted to conquer Ukraine? You've got to look at all the facts, not just US empire propaganda.

@felixmidas3245

2 ай бұрын

Don't tell me what to do! Who the hell are you to give me orders? "Watch" is the imperative form, which is Latin for ordering. I do not follow your orders. You may ASK me politely to consider watching this program but that's it.

@bjorntorlarsson

2 ай бұрын

Economists assume that every individual is rational. During a lecture my professor was interrupted by the question: "- But we are evidently irrational. What about adjusting the theory for that?" "- Well, you're welcome to try! Now, as I were saying, the optimal portfolio composition is given by the intercept of the tangent of this curve,..."

@woodforthetrees3496

2 ай бұрын

Sorry but, stating Ukraine as a "sovereign state" is not correct. Everyone that uses this term doesn't seem to understand it's meaning, of which is contradicted by the fact the American government are recorded on phone conversations hand picking the Ukraine government post 2014 Maidan coup! If an outside force is financing A country and hand picking it's government then that state is NOT "sovereign"!

@felixmidas3245

2 ай бұрын

Russian conspiracy narrative.@@woodforthetrees3496

Gotta love a man whose integrity allows him smilingly to agree that his theory is contradicted by US support for Israel. Doesn't spew out drivel to try to say otherwise but gives the interviewer a little lecture about what it means to have a theory.

@sa-nn1ny

3 ай бұрын

Great point.

@leroysimon5692

3 ай бұрын

👍🏾

@randstrickfaden4148

3 ай бұрын

His outdated and conservative idea of a theory, however, is ineffectual anymore except as applies to micro phenomena, and even micro phenomena within the social sciences is pretty complex anymore (see my above comment), primarily due to the advent of social media technology for one. In the social sciences, it’s becoming more obvious how inadequate the individual study of one, economics, Sociology, etc, is and how a much more wholistic and integrated approach is necessary to the study from each approach.

@stevenhines5550

3 ай бұрын

Def a great point. However, his theory is very flawed in the face of US empire collapse and the stakes of direct US war against the ascendant global superpower. We should quit while we are behind - and not just for the sake of the survival of the overextended US empire that saps the domestic economy. The survival of the population of the northern hemisphere depends on US "realists" and neocons putting down their impossible dream.

@rampage241

3 ай бұрын

@@randstrickfaden4148 what theory fits your criteria? Should Mearshiemers theory be compared to other existing theories or should it be compared to some non-existent ideal theory as you seem to suggest?

Why should we focus on China? China is focused on itself not us.

@CHIEF_420

2 ай бұрын

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@zsarimaxim692

Ай бұрын

Realists only cares about balance of power in which China is the only one that potentially could challenge the U.S. power.

@WesRoberts42

Ай бұрын

Because Mearsheimer approaches this topic from a realist perspective. The US wants to continue its hegemon status in this region, and has invested significant resources into this objective. He's not providing advice! He's explaining what the US would "want" to do in a realist framework. This is covered explicitly in the talk at 19:00.

@egtaha

Ай бұрын

@@CHIEF_420 nice 🧻🧻

@skippy6086

Ай бұрын

Besides, the biggest threat to America's survival isn't from external enemies. It's from our own Demo-lition crew.

I love the way Mearsheimer comports himself when being interviewed, even and especially when things get contentious

@stjepanovichnenad

2 ай бұрын

There is no debate. The 'journalist' is completely incompetent and ideologically arrogant. Smart arrogant ass

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

You're impressed by style, I'm impressed by substance, which is why I find Mearsheimer to be a clown. He exists ONLY to tell the haters of the US what they want to hear.

@cango5679

2 ай бұрын

@@canteluna you say you are impressed by substance, yet you fail to get what he was saying.

@milakowalski4539

2 ай бұрын

I love this professor.

@anthonypazana6105

2 ай бұрын

It is due to practice spewing the same russian drivel over the years, he has the degrees to prove it.

It's frustrating to think that this is one of the best minds that the US has produced yet it is ignored by mainstream news and politicians.

@yoooyoyooo

2 ай бұрын

They want profit not peace. That's why his totally common sense is ignored.

@Madelro100

2 ай бұрын

Because he is against the "establishment". The US will pay a high price not listening to him

@AndJusticeForAll.

2 ай бұрын

Mainstream media has lost its credibility because it no longer speaks the truth, and is clearly agenda focused. Critical thinking has died in mainstream media.

@braxxian

2 ай бұрын

MSM is irrelevant, it’s just propaganda for the sheep. And he talks way to much sense for most politicians to grasp as they are also primarily about BS.

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

Mearsheimer is a clown and only appeals to other America-blamers. Love to hear Stephen Kotkin debate this idiot.

I believe using the word "Model" instead of "Theory" would better communicate the intention. As an engineer, I employ models to simplify systems, fully aware that these models have limitations and may not be applicable in certain scenarios due to the initial assumptions made.

@philipangelo595

3 ай бұрын

Damn, that a tremendous point!!

@EdSurridge

3 ай бұрын

What matters is what's being taught, not other people wanting to use different words than the teacher

@ellenharold5191

3 ай бұрын

Could it be that social science is not a science?

@philipangelo595

2 ай бұрын

@@ellenharold5191 No, we learn a lot from that discipline.

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

I hope that if your model has a 25% error you work on finding a better one! A 25% error should tell Mearsheimer that his theory is not good enough.

That ended abruptly. Good response from Mearsheimer at the end. It refreshing to listen to someone who can think dialectically and communicate so clearly.

John took this dude to school.

@123axel123

2 ай бұрын

The guy is a bit thick. You could always create a metatheory or add a few contingency factors that makes realism less valid. Mearsheimer having spent a life on his history could fruitfully explore such contingent factors.

@user-is6rh2jy5d

2 ай бұрын

I bet he is jewish. "The institute of arts and farts" is just another oxygen thief NGO.

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

@@123axel123 Mearsheimer is a clown. His analysis is a joke and only "works" if you allow him to cherry pick data and misanalyze empirical evidence.

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

Wrong. Mearsheimer attempted to foist a question begging theory on an interviewer who was more patient with him than he should have been. I would have challenged Mearsheimer's cherry picking and shown him to be the clown he is. He belongs in the category with Chomsky and Chris Hedges as those who will bend facts and ignore emprical data in order to blame the US for every possible problem in the world. Mearsheimer exists for nothing more than to appeal to the anti-US crowd who aren't interested in facts. Disagree? Debate me.

@_yiannis

2 ай бұрын

@@123axel123 No need to insult what is an excellent interviewer

It's a pity, Alexis, that your thoughts (ideology if you like) doesn't want to hear, let alone, take on what Prof Mearsheimer is trying to explain, with every question and challenge you give. I've personally been following Prof Mearsheimer for some ten years and his analogy as a political scientist has proven to be on the correct.

@hyhhy

2 ай бұрын

I thought the questions were very good, because I believe they dealt with frequent points of contention that arise regarding Mearsheimer's theory. It was good to let Mearsheimer address those points.

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

Anyone can be correct if all you do is present a case by question begging. Mearsheimer is, in fact, always wrong. His entire analysis amounts to blaming the US. He is not a serious historian or analyst and exists only to feed the America haters.

@anthonypazana6105

2 ай бұрын

Give us an example!!!

JM is hugely underrated because of the pro Israeli lobby identifying and targeting him. Big ups to his tireless work

@VoloBonja

3 ай бұрын

But he’s wrong about Ukraine. War was unprovoked. Same as war in Ichkeria, Georgia and bombing of Syria, all Russia is doing is war and propaganda

@vmoses1979

3 ай бұрын

Yep but getting his long overdue time in the sun post Ukraine war. Sadly those who lead countries into war and death seem to occupy all the positions of power in the west.

@VoloBonja

3 ай бұрын

@@vmoses1979 he was and is wrong about Ukraine. Russia started unprovoked war with genocide (relocating kids to Russia without parents permission is just one example) West need strong elites who can finally stop putin, not try to avoid him. You saying that west leaders caused war is crazy talk, putin started war and west is just to weak to stop it

@EdSurridge

3 ай бұрын

@@vmoses1979 I don't think it's only the west. Sure USA proxy wars predominant and the obliteration in Iraq and Syria is unrivalled but the USA military industrial complex has found it's lovers with its Russian and North Korean partners. Getting international military agreements to change fuel to renewable hydrogen etc and fighting for oil could stop the present insanity

@WW3_Soon

2 ай бұрын

The Israeli lobby has targeted John, Scott Ritter, and Colonel Douglas Macgregor.

Thank You for bringing us this Excellent Interview More & More I am impressed with Mr. Mearsheimer

John doesn’t go as far as to say it but the very fact that the US is almost the sole hegemonic power may have undue influence on how it practices its strategic and diplomatic policy. The US doesn’t have to concern itself with realistic goals as it feels it can use its military and economic weight to tip the scales in any situation. Thus domestic interests and politics will play out. Israel is similar in this regard as it feels that the backing of the US diplomatically allows it to circumvent rules other nations are forced to play by

@vibefrequencyable

2 ай бұрын

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

Your comment reflects the kind of ignorance and bias that Mearsheimer exploits. It's easy to complain about the "undue influence [of US foreign] policy" without really understanding what the role of the US has been since the end of WW2 when the US took on the guarantor for global security for trade. Those who think the US has undue influence are free to make a case for that, but it is very easy to show what the pre-Bretton Woods world was like in terms of security for trade. The US enabled, Europe, Japan and China to grow their economies in ways that would have not been possibel without Bretton Woods. Just because the US has certainly made terrible foreign policy blunders, doesn't mean that none of our policies express realistic goals. Nothing could be further from the truth as in the situations at hand with Russia, Palestine and China (as adversaries). The US is currently playing these difficult situations about as well as can be expected - it's easy to criticize from an armchair and talk about what an ideal - not pragmatic - approach would be. As for the accusation of Israel circumventing rules other nations are forced to play by, care to give examples? And where does the Russian invasion of Ukraine fall in terms of being forced to play by our rules? Is that what Russia is doing now in Ukraine? Playing by our rules?

@Soul-zl6bb

2 ай бұрын

@@canteluna “(…) what the role of the US has been since the end of WW2 when the US took on the guarantor for global security for trade. (…) Just because the US has certainly made terrible foreign policy blunders, doesn't mean that none of our policies express realistic goals. (...) (…) The US is currently playing these difficult situations about as well as can be expected - it's easy to criticize from an armchair and talk about what an ideal - not pragmatic - approach would be.” In its entire existence only in 7 years has the US not been at war. Since 1950 the US regime drove 17.5 à 20 million people into their deaths. Since 1991, it military intervened in other countries 251 times. Seven out of ten authoritarian regimes recieve military support from the US regime. The only right policy for the US regime is to get out of other countries.

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

@@Soul-zl6bb YOU “In its entire existence only in 7 years has the US not been at war.” ME That is not correct, but even if it were... so? The world is a hostile place. If your point is that the US is an especially offensive, warmongering nation, in comparison with others, you’d have to make that case. You don’t bother. But if you’d like to attempt that argument, go ahead. YOU Since 1950 the US regime drove 17.5 à 20 million people into their deaths. ME You need to cite sources. At least we didn't kill millions of our own people as China and the Soviets did. YOU “Since 1991, it military intervened in other countries 251 times.” ME Again, so? You don’t bother with context, but only imply intervention is wrong. Intervention is part of the role of a superpower. I am only interested in the interventions you consider unjust. YOU “Seven out of ten authoritarian regimes recieve military support from the US regime.” ME Ever heard of geopolitics? There is no country on earth that doesn’t cultivate relationships with other nations for geopolitical and economic goals. Any high school student knows that - or used to before the leftist started brainwashing students with the kind of innane criticisms and platitudes you assert. YOU “The only right policy for the US regime is to get out of other countries.” ME Now you’re begging the question as you offer no argument for your position. Let's hear your governing philosophy. I need a good laugh. If by getting out of other countries, you mean, shut down our military bases, that is beyond naïve and is laughable. Why do you think most countries where US has bases don’t have much of a military of their own? Ever heard of Bretton Woods. Anyway, fortunately, the US doesn’t create its foreign policy based on the criticisms of know-nothings like you or Mearsheimer.

@anthonypazana6105

2 ай бұрын

That's what friends are for...Alliances and treaties do not make the US a hegemonic power, they provide a security blanket to all the partakers..

Funny how the interviewer didnt give exact quotes of Putin's July essay that prove his point. Mearshimer should have pressed him for a quote.

@sergeypichkurov8757

3 ай бұрын

His response on 6:55 is a masterpiece of hypocrisy. Putin was bent on Ukraine since early 2000. The first major approach was at 2003, when Russia was trying to turn a small bank in Kerchen strait into island, to make a claim on border change. Check out about Tuzla 2003 crisis. Then he got 2 slaps from Ukrainian people with 2004 and 2014 "maidans". He went out in 2022 just because time was counting against him, and he has largely miscalculated on UA society response. All these crying about NATO - I don't really know who in their critical mind can buy this. NATO was never threatening Russia in a military sense. Of course they counterbalanced the Russia influence, and gave all those Eastern block countries an alternative for another, better future. But c'mon, that is a foundational principle of today world order, that nations have their right for sovereignty. It seems to me that "realism" in JM interpretation rejects this right to exist, plain and simple

@9UaYXxB

3 ай бұрын

Innumerable very informed analysts have said that Putin's essay was predicated upon a fanciful understanding of history and a negation-denial of Ukrainian polity-nationhood as a consequence of his incoherent grasp of the history of the Slavic lands. Mearsheimer needs to make 'HIS' case, he's the nay-sayer, he merely made a cavalier assertion (that these experts had misinterpreted Putin's writings) without doing so. The oness is on him, THAT's how it works.

@sa-nn1ny

3 ай бұрын

@@9UaYXxB Evidence is not dictated by "innumerable very informed analysts." I find more evidence that you believe the old Vietnam domino theory justification for continuing to weaponize Ukraine's nationalism and hatred to Russia in order for the U.S. to sell more weapons and attempt to overthrow Putin. Ukraine is losing the war and you will see your folly in the future.

@sa-nn1ny

3 ай бұрын

@@9UaYXxB "innumerable very informed analysts" is not evidence. Where in the essay does he explicitly mention that he wants to conquer Europe? What is the quote? I can show you many quotes where Putin says that he wants dialogue or relations with the west. Here's an example: "I look forward to establishing constructive dialogue with you and joint work on pressing matters on the bilateral and international agenda," Putin said in a congratulatory telegram to Scholz, the Kremlin said. Article date: 12/8/21. This is what evidence is!

@stoneneils

2 ай бұрын

Who cares what Putin wrote lol..its what he does.

I've been following Mearsheimer since the beginning of the Russian invasion. I hear him saying the same thing over and over again. That's no criticism, that shows that he is serious and consistent. However, in the meantime, the USA has been projecting its military aggression further and further on European territory: blowing up Nordstream and now planning to base troops in Finland and Denmark, placing nuclear weapons in the UK. We Europeans made a big mistake at the end of the Cold War. We should have disbanded NATO and have send all the Yanks home. Now we are risking that our continent becomes the central stage of American war games.

@amrjad5956

3 ай бұрын

I don't think you have much of a choice tho you see, westerners have been deceived and fooled with the democracy game they try to convince you with over the course of decades. When it comes to who is gonna be in power, there is a certain pattern and selected people who runs the show from the back. I mean you can't really explain the european government acts otherwise. U.S blowing the nordstream nobody dares to say anything. U.S selling gas to europe with triple the price, europeans still buys it. And now recently, U.S decided to cut selling gas to europe and europeans can't really complain either. So the question is, who runs europe in the back?

@thegoodpimps

3 ай бұрын

it's because the European Union is just a Confederacy, it's simple too weak Federally, so it has to choose between Russia and America, and continually Europeans choose Washington over Moscow.

@philipangelo595

3 ай бұрын

Great point!! I'm an American and Europe has really damaged itself by allowing my government to use Europe for our goals at the expense of European needs. Blowing up the Nordstream Pipeline is a good example. Germany was getting cheap energy from Russia and now they pay four times as much getting energy from my country. I'm surprised the European populations don't turn against their leaders who let themselves be puppets to my government.

@thegoodpimps

3 ай бұрын

@@joe_ninety_one5076 Russia will become an Islamic country before it becomes a Democracy.

@joe_ninety_one5076

3 ай бұрын

It is highly unlikely that the Americans blew up Nordstream. In any case, all of the things you describe postdate the Russian aggression in Ukraine. They are therefore not aggression but a response to it. In addition, they do not involve invading or subjugation any other country. They are purely internal defensive precautions. From the end if the Cold War until 2014 NATO defence expenditure was broadly reducing and bases were closed. Putin saw this as a sign of weakness. He both increased Russia's expenditure and invaded Ukraine in 2014. This was a complete contravention of the NATO-Russia Founding Act of 1997, which was supposed to regulate relations between Russia and NATO and which NATO obeyed. It is only one of many treaties Russia violated. Russia is a dangerous fascist imperialist state and we need a strong NATO. Once Russia is a credible democracy, we can let our guard down. In Russia's case, credible means about a century of democratic tradition.

9:47 What an excellent way of saying "The people that control Israel also control our financial institutions and are able to leverage their influence and power to tie the US to their hips."

@stoneneils

2 ай бұрын

Nobody can influence without the easiy influenced. American Conservatives have always been the puppets via their shared 'faith'.

@poopkljok8342

2 ай бұрын

Everyone knows it, but everyone is afraid to say it.

@poopkljok8342

2 ай бұрын

Everyone knows it, but everyone is afraid to say it.

@poopkljok8342

2 ай бұрын

Everyone knows it, but everyone is afraid to say it.

@poopkljok8342

2 ай бұрын

Everyone knows it, but everyone is afraid to say it.

love, respect and admiration for this man

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

Let me know when you get your tongue out of his ass and if you'd like to debate me (but you'll need to brush and gargle first). I am all things counter Mearsheimer.

Good questions and push back! As we see Dr. Mearsheimer handled by telling the truth. He is the best!

Could listen to Mearsheimer for 20 hours without getting tired

@burnhamsghost8044

2 ай бұрын

No thanks

@123axel123

2 ай бұрын

he is great but always says the same thing. he is a guy with a hammer looking for a nail all the time.

@Madelro100

2 ай бұрын

Master class!

@damonnews.

2 ай бұрын

I understand. But when you read his books there is A LOT of information. Like the Israel lobby and US foreign policy. I think he is better at explaining himself when he writes and goes through details carefully@@123axel123

There's no point to listen to the interviewer, if it wasn't for the professor's maneuvers to talk about better points!

@Bailiol

3 ай бұрын

The interviewer did an excellent job - he asked sensible, probing questions which invited Mearsheimer to respond to obvious contradictions in his particular brand of realism. Mearsheimer directly responded to and handled those questions brilliantly. It was a great exchange.

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

@@BailiolBrilliantly because you didn't read Putin's article. From the article: "I am confident that true sovereignty of Ukraine is possible only in partnership with Russia." How does Mearsheimer think Putin believe in a sovereign Ukraine if Putin said himself he only accepts Ukraine's partnership with Russia and no one else? "My wife is totally free to do whatever she wants, as long as she is with me". That's Putin's article in a sentence.

@j.o.1516

2 ай бұрын

@@johnc3525 Because "partnership" means not being a threat to Russia, which Ukraine became after the coup of February 2014 and the suppression of those who opposed the regime in Kyiv, and made it clear that they were going to try to oust the Russians from their bases (agreed upon in 1991) in Crimea. Similarly US would no longer respect Mexico's sovereignty if said country decided to join a Chinese lead military alliance which would lead to Chinese troops and weapons just south of Los Angeles and El Paso.

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

@@j.o.1516 That's not what partnership means, though. So it was either a poor translation or he's clearly manipulating words to hide his imperial ambitions. It's well known that the US does not respect any country's sovereignty, so your whataboutism is moot. And it only supports the notion that Putin does not care about Ukraine's sovereignty, it sees it as a colony, which is what the whole article is about. Have you read it?

@189Blake

2 ай бұрын

@@johnc3525 "he's clearly manipulating words to hide his imperial ambitions" LOL, so everything it's false unless it says what you believe right? That's the perfect example of confirmation bias. The very fact that he is talking about Ukraine's sovereignty means Putin acknowledges Ukraine as an independent state. You're doing mental gymnastics at this point. The article is about Russians and Ukranians having a common history, and why they shouldn't be antagonizing each other but working together for a common goal. If he really thought they didn't deserve to exist he would be acting as Israel acts against Palestine, by denying it's even a state to begin with! Putin wouldn't have even called for negotiations with Zelensky in Turkey!

What's wrong with this guy conducting the interview?? Prof. Mearsheimer is absolutely right when he says that for the most part countries behave rationally - but it is important to remember that American politics has been a pawn of the Israeli lobby for quite some time and, in fact, therefore does not have a policy of its own completely following its exclusive interests. A small country like Israel has completely enslaved a superpower like America. Maybe America will learn some lesson from this for the future.. And YES - Israel is not acting rationally, so it will not survive in the long run.

@jimmyjones8676

3 ай бұрын

While Israels actions aren't wise they are rational in preverse, primative ethnic conflict sort of way.

@brianwheeldon4643

2 ай бұрын

Hello aipac. Virtually the whole of Congress is owned. And Starmer, Sunak and Co?

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

Isn't what you wrote about Israel an example of how countries don't necessarily act rationally and that there are many more variables than mere security interests? To me the big failure of the realist framework is that it ignores the reality that geopolitics is a human affair and humans are also moved by ideologies.

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

@@jimmyjones8676How's a primitive ethnic conflict rational? It's motivated by everything but rationality.

@hyhhy

2 ай бұрын

@@jimmyjones8676 Yes, I actually agree that Israel's attempt at creating a greater Israel is rational according to Mearsheimer's theory, assuming that Israel has good chances to succeed with it. Although Mearsheimer himself said in the interview that at this point he sees the two-state solution having become unrealistic - but then again, Hamas presumably launched their attack precisely due to the two-state solution having already been quietly left behind by Israel and the West.

Find me a single social scientist that claims to have a theory that explains 100 percent of human behavior. As John said, no one expects that to be the case. It is what separates physical science from social science.

@salvadorpineda8000

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate John for at least not obfuscating like so many people do & being up front about the limitations of his framework, that is certainly refreshing That being said, I don't think you can get away that easily from when a theory runs up against critical exceptions. I can't accept the distinction which you made between the different sciences (it's irrelevant anyways). If your theory or framework can't account for important discrepancies then that's usually evidence that you are missing something critical & that you need to update your theory or build a better, more elegant one. John's point about over-complicating theories I feel is also very weak. It's not about adding more complexity per se, new theories or frameworks can be more elegant & streamlined, for example, by finding the deeper, underlying causal mechanism that can account for a wide variety of phenomena. Evolution for instance can account for all of the diversity of life on earth through relatively simple mechanisms. (furthermore, consider that while modern genetics & molecular biology does introduce more complexity at certain levels eg horizontal gene transfer & epigenetics, it doesn't take away from the overall elegance & simplicity of evolution by natural selection) Set that aside, however, I for one think that the influence of the Israeli lobby on the US needn't even be a contradiction. It could be the case that the US allows Israel to maintain as large an influence because it still sees Israel as a way to maintain its long-term strategic foothold in the ME. Moreover, people are stupid, they regularly act against their own interests all the time & that doesn't contradict the realist conception of international relations

@amrjad5956

3 ай бұрын

@@salvadorpineda8000 I would have agreed with you about US supporting Israel is of a strategic interest to the US if it happened maybe 3 or 4 years ago. But by simply looking at the geopolitical map right now and see which superpower benefits the most from what is happening around the world, it's China. And China is the biggest threat to the U.S. Few weeks ago there were reports that Chinese weapons with massive magnitude were found in some Hamas tunnels. Chinese ships were exempted from the Houthis blockade on the Bab El-Mandeb Strait and they were allowed to pass freely. U.S is drained in the Russia - Ukraine war which by the way made Russia 100% reliant on China now and China can play with Russia as a marionette doll whenever they want now. BRICS is growing more and more powerful. You can even argue that most of these scenes are Chinese traps to drain the U.S. Now tell me what's the relationship between Israel and China? Who doesn't have any problems with China and doesn't care about the conflict between the U.S and China over the world leadership? It's Isreal. Israel and China are completely fine with each other. Even the U.S protested Israel because of its growing relations with China. Israel doesn't care whether the U.S wins the world leadership conflict or not. They are just looking to their interests. So you can't argue that Israel is of a strategic importance to the U.S now when the U.S could have simply shut down Israel and focused on constraining China. Not to mention how the U.S have really put itself in a very bad picture in front of other countries because of its support of Israel massacres as the U.S was portraying itself as the most advocate for human rights. But I agree that John's theory failing to address the effect of ideology when it comes to the Israel U.S relationship makes the theory irrelevant. But I won't blame him to be honest because personally I believe that there has been something intentionally kept hidden over the course of decades if not centuries that can really explains the U.S unconditional support to the Israelis. You can call it the hidden truth. Even Russia at one point said that it doesn't know anymore who it really deals with when it talks with the U.S and who runs the U.S in the back.

@randstrickfaden4148

3 ай бұрын

True that, hard vs soft science. However, social theories have become, out of necessity, much more involved and multi-faceted. Not to find “the one” to explain everything, that’s sheer folly, but just to grapple with particular social phenomena.

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

Physics doesn't have a theory that explains 100 percent of physical phenomena either...

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

Find me an actual scientist who refuses to fix his theory because "it would become too complicated and the goal is to simplify" even though it has a ridiculously high error rate. I guess Einstein "complicated" Newton's theory, huh? Should have kept it simple!

John Mearsheimer's perspective on the political landscape is fascinating, and as someone whose main focus is on power dynamics, the nature of life and who has just made a video about the essence of power, this is a great conversation.

"Theories are simplifications of reality". This man has a true understanding of the limitations of Social Sciences, and conveys this masterfully 😏

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

To the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Mearsheimer is a clown.

I really liked how the interviewer asked for responses for criticimsms, ans that the professor answered. I'd love to see more of this kind of constructive criticism.

@dlitvine

2 ай бұрын

It was not constructive at all, I believe prof had hard time to keep being polite :) Even high school students know that social theories are both explaining and predicting. Unlike physics where actors do not have free will. Theory explains the behavior of political actors - their motivation, logic and policies. It also predicts what would happen if actor violate "the rules", or engage in say destructive behavior. Logical actions within legitimate theory (with good prediction power) lead to success, illogical actions - to failure. As simple as it is.

I believe John Mearsheimer is brilliant with a correct insight, and more people need to listen & understand what he is saying.

@emildavidsen1404

25 күн бұрын

I believe he is absolutely wrong and him doubling down on his "theory" reflects negative on his credentials as an academic.

It is fasinating to hear from Prof. John Mearsheimer on the argument of (1) all models are wrong, but some are useful, and (2) modeling is essentailly a tradeoff between simplicity and accuracy

@yonaoisme

3 ай бұрын

he's saying conflicting things so he can later say anything without repercussions. he basically said: there is no point in coming up with a better theory than the one i pulled out of my ass, because mine is so simple. can you not see how regarded that statement is?

@nickthepostpunk5766

3 ай бұрын

@@yonaoismethat’s not what he said.

@yonaoisme

3 ай бұрын

that's literally 100% of his world view.@@nickthepostpunk5766

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

A theory is not a model, though. Should Einstein have not created the very complicated relativity theory and accepted the errors of Newton's simple theory?

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

@@nickthepostpunk5766He said he doesn't want to come up with a more complicated theory even if it it will be more correct, because "theories have to be simple". Which is total BS.

What a clear and brilliant mind! Thank you Professor Mearsheimer.

Professor Mearsheimer, would you entertain an explanation for Israel as a paradoxical exception to the realist theory? The real Israel is not the state born in 1948, rather it had been already an empire without a landmass for a few hundred years prior. That means the lobbies (plural) in western states are institutions of the empire, for which the Israel located in Palestine is merely an outpost. The validity of the realist theory is beautifully restored and paradox resolved.

@garad123456

3 ай бұрын

Similarly you could start to explain stuff about Ukraine with external countries' influence and citizen activity and Russian behaviour by it's citizen passivity and power-hungry Kreml and you have no theory anymore. which actually might be better than the theory so yeah.

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

If you completely redefine empire to fit your argument, maybe.

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

Nice word salad. But, please give me a laugh, and explain how the Western nation states are satelite states of Israel's empire. I can't wait for this.

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

@@johnc3525 in other words, it's complete question begging.

@johnhume4346

2 ай бұрын

Where was this Israeli empire, is it on a map? Was it somewhere between Warsaw, & Kiev?

Even Johns theory on what a theory is, is realistic!

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

It's not. His idea that you can't improve the theory because it becomes more complicated is complete insanity. So Einstein should have never "complicated" Newton's theory of gravity because "the theory wouldn't be simple"??? What?? If Mearsheimer admits that the Israel lobby contradicts his theory, then he needs to improve his theory immediately.

@tomdocherty3755

2 ай бұрын

@@johnc3525 Clearly a theory has a range of possibilities, one is that a theory is an idea or set of ideas intended to explain events, it is a simplification of a complex causation, and it’s realistic since it differentiates the map, the construction of ideas, from the actual events, the territory. I would take his address from this perspective, and pay attention to what he has said and also what he has not said, for instance he has not mentioned Einstein or the scientific method etc etc This is not to say there aren’t other versions of what a theory is but we are only trying to understand what the speaker is saying given the context.

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

@@tomdocherty3755My point is that refusing to change his theory or move on to another theory merely because it "complexifies" his theory is total BS, regardless of his concept of what a theory is. His jobs is presumably to create better theories and to minimize the error, not to merely apply a theory. He's not an engineer, he's a social "scientist".

@rodrigopessoa1795

2 ай бұрын

@@johnc3525 A theory of physics is a theory of "what is", social theory is a theory of "what is" and also of what "should be". It makes no sense to ask how planets "should move", only how they do move. But one can ask both how a state behaves and how it should behave (that's the context surrounding the question, right?). Let's say you have a theory of what makes a good movie. But no two movies are the same - all your theory can be is a general guideline that may be applied to as many movies as possible. But even so, there will be a good movie, possibly many, that will make an exception to your "rule". But if you stretch your rule to fit every movie that does not fit your rule, you may now have an incoherent image of what a movie should be, you'll no longer be explaining what a good movie is, in the most general terms, that can be applied to as many movies as possible - but you will indeed describe in as many ways it is possible for movies to be good in such specific ways that the whole of your theory can be applied to none. Better having a simple theory that works most cases than a very complex one that only works if it ignores parts of itself in this or that case. Let the specifics out of the theory, to specify is to describe, to explain is to simplify.

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

@@johnc3525 Good points. Mearsheimer is not a serious analyst of world affairs. He cherry picks data and evidence that he can torture into his simple-minded theory, and anything that doesn't fit - facts, such as who is really to blame for the Ukrainian invastion and for the state the Palestinians are in - he ignores or finds some absurd way to blame the US for. Has this guy ever applied his little theory to a situation and NOT found the US to blame? Not that I'm aware of. There is plenty to blame the US for, but not in the situations discussed here. Love to hear Stephen Kotkin debate this clown.

For those who wonder why Mr Mearsheimer said:”we should focus on China”, the reason could be found in Former US top strategist Zbignew Brzezinski statement: “It is IMPERATIVE that no Eurasian challenger emerges capable of dominating Eurasia and thus also challenging America”. When Japan was catching up to the US’s economy, they were forced to sign the “Plaza Accord Agreement”. Russia has a small economy, therefore not a threat to the US. China is the country which could threaten the US’s hegemony.

@9UaYXxB

3 ай бұрын

Screw U.S. hegemony. There. Fixed that.

@cam35mm

3 ай бұрын

Merasheimer is a calculating neocon. More dangerous than the kids neon we have in the WH

@Bell_plejdo568p

3 ай бұрын

I thought mearshimer didn’t suppport American hegemony

@stoneneils

2 ай бұрын

Its too late, China dominates now diplomatically and industrially while the usa just maintains its military strongholds.

@SuanLuang

2 ай бұрын

MAGA-Make America Go Away

You are a true academic, which reflects reality. Thank you for opening my mind.

The interview did a great job of asking tough questions about Mearsheimer’s theory. I would like to see a longer one where they could flesh it out more

It got a little tiresome towards the end when the interviewer just kept finding different ways to make the same argument (specific cases where states don't behave in a realist manner falsifies the theory of realism), and he and John were basically repeating themselves over and over, should have moved on the first time John provided an answer.

@kapk

3 ай бұрын

at the end? You're much more patient than most.

A theory always has exceptions...especially in social and political science. The amount of variable are massive. John was correct..The interviewer should have not pressed him on this point...that was a mistake on his part

Some of the most intelligent and precise questions/challenges I’ve seen put to JM so far. Great interview, thank you.

🫡 Mr Alexis Papazoglou, your last question was absolutely brilliant 👍👍. Thank you very much for putting it forward to John Mearsheimer🙏🙇🏻‍♀️.

"Meaningful State" is a key phrase. Israel has never offered enough autonomy to create a defensible or prosperous Palestinian state. Israel's proposals were doomed to future conflict.

Dr. M. Caved too quickly on the issue why some states behave contrarily to his theory. His is a theory on how a rational policy should be constructed. The behavior of the US vis a vis Israel can be explained very simply: it is not rational. Incompetence and irrationality are an ineradicable feature of the human character; when fools are in control, then you get foolish policy. I suppose that I am arguing against Dr. M about the nature of his theory: if we assume it’s prescriptive, then it is perfectly consistent and useful.

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

That's why the realist framework is useless. By being anti-ideology, it ignores one simple reality: humans are moved by ideology. If it's prescriptive, humanity would remain barbaric and primitive. Thanks to ideology we can move forward and leave the likes of Mearsheimer behind.

@Some_Average_Joe

2 ай бұрын

They act rationally according to their own logic

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

@@Some_Average_JoeWell, that's a cop out. Their own logic could be an ideology, then. Which Mearsheimer doesn't believe shapes the world.

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

Yes, you are arguing against his theory. If states often act irrationally, then his assumptions are wrong. Which I believe to be the case. However, realists are willing to bend facts to explain everything as being rational.

Our thinking had been that we kept the question of an application open, and then we knew that NATO's door was open. But now Russia wanted to close it. At least then I thought: "OK, the situation has changed, we can't continue as before." Now it was time to apply for membership. Niinistö chose to kick off the debate in the New Year's speech he gave on 1 January 2022. "Spheres of interest do not belong in the 2020s," he said. "Finland's room for action and freedom of choice also includes the possibility of allying ourselves militarily and applying for membership in NATO, should we decide to do so."

Great questions from the interviewer, super response from Mearsheimer! Loved it.

excellent questions. Given that China is a nuclear power similar to Russia, why does not the logic of finding a modus vivendi with China make sense? I don't understand JM's obsession with China given that until the Trump racist antagonism against China, China showed no instance of contesting US hegemony.

@stoneneils

2 ай бұрын

Bingo.Trump brainwashed the US right AND left!!! And they thik the rest of the world fell for it too!!! They have no idea.

@jenniferlawrence2701

2 ай бұрын

Because China is (and will be) far more powerful than Russia, and therefore potentially more of a serious threat. As to why China and the US don't become allies, the argument is that they will inevitably compete with each other for power and security. There's also something called the Security Dilemma, which says that when a state increases its defense capabilities, other states cannot be sure those capabilities will only be used defensively, rather than offensively. In other words, the more powerful a state becomes, the more threatening other states consider it.

@jennylee685

2 ай бұрын

Exactly, John is a racist against China.

@ggttuuxx

Ай бұрын

​@@jenniferlawrence2701That is a stupid assumption that human beings will never coexist peacefully, an outdated way of thinking based on colonialism and conquest. Very said that with all the knowledge and supposed wisdom, you will still be confined to forever war. You have been thoroughly brain washed by the Military Industrial Complex, whose only goal is to have an ever higher weapons sales next quarter. Try to aspire to be a human being, not a mindless parrot.

J. Mersheimer has been an eye opener for me since Feb 2022. Good work, professor!👍

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

Your eyes are wide shut. Mearsheimer is a clown and depends on the ignorant to exploit.

Great interview, very smart questions.

Fantastic interview. Thanks for challenging prof Mearsheimer whom I admire for his logic.

Mearsheimer's Realism is very powerful and rightly influential, and it is valuable that it was challenged so capably and constructively. His responses were mostly persuasive, but the interviewer scored a hit when he asked whether Realism is a prescriptive or descriptive theory. Mearsheimer's response was that as a description it is right around 75% of the time, but that doesn't address what as citizens we would or should want. If I lived in Russia and knew what was happening, I would not want to destroy millions of lives in Ukraine, even if it made my country safer. I don't want my government (UK) to go around destroying middle eastern states (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya) in the name of democracy and stirring up insurrections that are doomed to failure and bloodshed. I also don’t want my government to participate in an economic blockade of China, which is still a lot poorer than we are, even if this does maintain the economic privileges of my country for a few years longer. Arguing that states are fundamentally amoral misses the point that their citizens do have moral sentiments that sometimes, for good or ill, make a difference.

@ggttuuxx

Ай бұрын

I agree very much. While Prof. M's way of thinking is more coherent than the politicians' actions, and is worth learning about, it is still confined in the old Western frame of colonialism and conquest. It does not have room for human beings to aspire to coexist peacefully and constructively. Conflict is the basic required assumption, which is so disappointing for all the knowledge and wisdom that human beings are supposed to have acquired.

Russia was an imperialist state for centuries. Nothing changed. Tsiar Yakaterina before occupying Lithuania refered that Lithuania is an historical land of Russia. In 2021 Putin wrote a 5k essay "On the historical unity of Russians and Ukranians". Ukranians and Russians are "one people". Denieying Ukranian nationality by falsifying historical facts. These are just patterns used for centuries to justify occupations.

Very intelligent Q&A. I loved the conceptual challenges that were put.

Excellent interview!

thank you J Mearsheimer, great as usual.

Mearshimer’s school of International Realism actually has a following in China, because Realism is not ideological but based on laws of numbers (or quantity + quality). CCP believes the “numbers” (i.e. 1.4 billion hard working and non-rebellious Chinese under CCP’s control, as long as CCP doesn’t mess it up) is on China’s side, and the realists may eventually accept the result of let the chips fall where they may.

@EdSurridge

3 ай бұрын

Evidence of your Chinese following

@crtteng

3 ай бұрын

@@EdSurridge A month or so ago in the long form interview with John Anderson, Mearshimer blurted out that he ( or his theory) has a following in China.

@EdSurridge

3 ай бұрын

​@@crttengblurted out? Informed the listener? I missed your tip

@crtteng

3 ай бұрын

​@@EdSurridge I gave you the 2nd source- because the first one was not obvious. CGTN called Mearsheimer

@crtteng

3 ай бұрын

@@EdSurridge ​ I gave you the 2nd source- because the first one was not obvious. CGTN would not have described Mearsheimer as “ a renowned theorist in International relation

Very good interview.

Great interview. The Tragedy of Great Power Politics is still an excellent book to understand why things happen the way they happen, at least most of the time.

If you're a plumber or mechanic, for sure using the right tool, you could stop a leaking sink or tune an engine for 100% ultimate performance; but in a society you could never speak of certainty of any issue. That's where "ideology," or "political parties" come to action. However in either dual party governing systems (like U.K. or U.S.) or in totalitarian governing system (like Jewish state of Israel or Islamic Republic of Iran), your video clip title is valid (the death of ideology). But in countries with multiple political parties in parliament, the ideology is base of representation of diversity in a society.

Any interwiew with prof Measheimer is historical. Thank you for inviting him and asking profouned questions.

@canteluna

2 ай бұрын

You're kissing the feat of a snake-oil salesman. Mearsheimer only exists for fools like you who know nothing about geopolitics.

If China is such a threat, America might want to think about becoming more competitive and finding good leaders. Get your own house in order. That's real

👌Professor Mearsheimer. I disagree with him on multiple points, but I totally respect his knowledge and capabilities of expressing his views!

The only place the US needs to focus on is the USA itself 😆😆😆

@GlobalDrifter1000

3 ай бұрын

It so simple, grasshopper.

@stoneneils

2 ай бұрын

@@GlobalDrifter1000 Grasshopper is a good analogy looking at the domestic state of America. It is simple, you used to do it and it worked.

@CHIEF_420

2 ай бұрын

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High quality interview. Good questions, good anwsers. Compliment.

I laughed when I saw the title of your video. 'The US Caused the War' will be engraved on Mearsheimer's tombstone. It's his favourite utterance.

What a nightmare

great conversation thank you for bring it iai

Sir john mearsheimer your notions and other theories are so great

6:39: In the July 12, 2021 Putin wrote: "I am confident that true sovereignty of Ukraine is possible only in partnership with Russia." Putin clearly says in the article that current Ukraine's borders are wrong and that "Russia was robbed, indeed", and he blames it on the Bolsheviks. He clearly states "Apparently, and I am becoming more and more convinced of this: Kiev simply does not need Donbas." justifying the annexation. The article is Putin's very open defense that Ukraine belongs to Russia and that Russia will never let Ukraine align with the West. Of course Putin writes that "We respect the Ukrainian language and traditions. We respect Ukrainians' desire to see their country free, safe and prosperous.". Of course he didn't write "I am an imperialist". But read the whole article and you don't even need to read between the lines to see what he's saying. It's like the US saying they respect Canada culture and sovereignty, as long as Canada is fully aligned with the US and nobody else. Putin's article defends Ukraine as a client state. Not much different than Belarus and other Russian Federations that have no autonomy and cannot dissent. From the article: "There may be an argument: if you are talking about a single large nation, a triune nation, then what difference does it make who people consider themselves to be - Russians, Ukrainians, or Belarusians. I completely agree with this." Sounds like Putin wants an empire...

@Ruylopez778

2 ай бұрын

I don't think it's so ridiculous for Putin to want Ukraine to remain neutral. If not for the 2014 coup, there wouldn't have been a need to take control of Crimea. There's really no evidence that "Putin wants an empire". There is plenty of discussion about the implication of continued NATO expansion - which is of zero benefit to citizens of Europe/US when it escalates tensions, drives up cost of living and results in massive military spending. The big winners in this are the deep state. Surprise, surprise.

@user-zh1sd5yx2w

2 ай бұрын

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength'. This is the true meaning of the Rusdia Fuhrer's words

@timhill9189

2 ай бұрын

Just read it myself. Agree it makes it clear that he wants another Belarus as a minimum.

@johnhume4346

2 ай бұрын

You just going to ignore this paragraph. "Step by step, Ukraine was dragged into a dangerous geopolitical game aimed at turning Ukraine into a barrier between Europe and Russia, a springboard against Russia. Inevitably, there came a time when the concept of ”Ukraine is not Russia“ was no longer an option. There was a need for the ”anti-Russia“ concept which we will never accept."

@johnhume4346

2 ай бұрын

But the fact is that the situation in Ukraine today is completely different because it involves a forced change of identity. And the most despicable thing is that the Russians in Ukraine are being forced not only to deny their roots, generations of their ancestors but also to believe that Russia is their enemy. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the path of forced assimilation, the formation of an ethnically pure Ukrainian state, aggressive towards Russia, is comparable in its consequences to the use of weapons of mass destruction against us. As a result of such a harsh and artificial division of Russians and Ukrainians, the Russian people in all may decrease by hundreds of thousands or even millions.

Interesting that Israel is in a state of exception to Mearsheimer‘s realist ideas

@eltonwild5648

3 ай бұрын

What you mean?

@geopoliticsweekly

3 ай бұрын

Israel isn’t the exception, the U.S. policy toward Israel is the exception.

@MC_heart4

3 ай бұрын

Israel would be in a state of exception, not the US policy. the term means something @@geopoliticsweekly

@tomerbar-oz7834

3 ай бұрын

Exactly. According to this "thinker" - Every country should maximize its power, except Israel. What a beautiful theory.

@GlobalDrifter1000

3 ай бұрын

The problem with Israel is it is a repugnant pariah in the civilized world. The younger generation in the USA is revolted by their behavior.

As realist, Kenneth Waltz already says about this in his book. There is the big difference between theory and laws. Laws like in nature - natural science runs in absolute and fixed way, while theory which is to describe human behavior - social science is always flexible from time to time.

John Mearsheimer's truth, humility, and thoughtful consideration of the questions being asked of him is always a pleasure to watch!

In the USA, the lone super power and behind two Oceans, domestic politics predominate.

@jimbocho660

3 ай бұрын

Lone? I don't think so.

@vulkar59

3 ай бұрын

The US is the lone global superpower. Literal no other nation has the capabilities, reach and scale of the US.@@jimbocho660

@johnrohde5510

3 ай бұрын

@@jimbocho660 it regarded itself as such until recently and was such for most of the last forty years.

@zackhawn5944

3 ай бұрын

​@@johnrohde5510 Our elites still think we're the sole superpower, but we all know and understand perfectly clearly China is the worlds economic hegemon now.

I find it somewhat bizarre that the great realist Mearsheimer allocates Israel's historic skepricism towards an independent Palestinian state primarily to an ideology of "Greater Israel" and only recently to realist security and power concerns, when his overall theory actually provides a much better explanation of actual historic Israeli attitudes, whereas now is when the ideology of "Greater Israel" is actually on the political ascendancy. This, joint with his complete ignoring of the deal offered by Olmert and rejected by Abbas, make him seem like he shouldn't even discuss this topic, much less with such confidence. I say this as an Israeli Zionist who strongly believes that Israel should do all it can to enable and pusf for the creation of an independent Palestinian state on unprecedented territorial concessions but strict conditions to guarantee our security. I believe that our genuine securitu concerns are being hijacked by dangerous ideologues for a long time now, and that the world should indeed put its foot down against the Israeli intrangisence on the idea of an respectable independant Palestinian state, while acknowledging and catering to our genuine security concerns, while at the same time putting its foot down against Palestinian BS a catering to their genuine concerns. But the world prefers to treat this whole thing as a footbal game.

@rafa374

3 ай бұрын

Show me the Olmert deal-offer. You can't. He refused to put anything on paper. Anything. If Israel had ever been serious about a two state deal it would a) recognise a state of Palestine borders to be determined. B) leave an offer on the table. The charge that Palestinians are rejectionist is just yet another Israeli lie. Barak walked out on Arafat. Abbas didn't know whether to even treat Olmert seriously. The truth is Israel has always wanted the whole land. Look at the pastrami sandwich distribution of settlements from the 1970s - wh was and is designed to make two states physically impossible. Lies lies lies.. Israel and Zionism have lied endlessly from the Start to excuse the inexcusable EG "a land without a people" The "Arab Israeli" population. On and on

@tomerbar-oz7834

3 ай бұрын

You are so right. Somhow his realist theory doesn't apply on israel.He is a hypocrite and the only explanation is antisemitism.

@vmoses1979

3 ай бұрын

What a pointless statement. While settlers from Brooklyn etc are constantly colonizing and stealing Palestinian land in the West Bank - no Palestinian should countenance any zionist noises about negotiations.

Prof. John Mearshimer is really a sensible and brilliant intelectual who interpret the reality the way it is, instead of following the lies and propaganda of the neocon in the west. My greatest respect to Mr. John Mearshimer for his analysis and consideration. God bless you sir 🙏. God have mercy 🙏

I wish the interviewer would have asked John that,if countries joining NATO is such a existential problem for russia as he claims,why then has russia not done a similar thing to Finland and Sweden who unlike Ukraine actually made the applications to join NATO.

@stoneneils

2 ай бұрын

Cuz Finland and Sweden have actual standing mlitaries. He thought he could take Ukraine in two days.

I don't get his logic. So focusing on containing China will not result in the similar situations we have now, if not worse?

Unfortunately, the interviewer was not up to the task and privilege of having Mearsheimer as guest. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Some questions weren’t appropriate for an academic institution, but rather for primary school.

@PopulismIsForBottomFeeders

3 ай бұрын

'privilege' LOL!! 🤣🤣🤣

Quote ‘Reality doesn’t behave like you expect’. We aren’t dealing with Newtonian physics here!

No war PEACE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT!

A good lecture not only for students of political science but for anybody interested to better understand the conflicts and actions being conducted by the protagonists in these ongoing turmoils not only now. But also a good lesson to understand how irrational our political key figures are acting against good govermentship. Also you are able after that lecture to better identify the propaganda and ideological bias that is dominating in the "official" media, however it is in vain often in the end. Eventually the real facts prevail in the long run and the lies and delusions are hitting hard! 🎉thanks John I' m a German fan of you! Last year I stayed in Chicago and I ' d loved to have passed by at your University! P.S. we have only idiots at present running our country! 😮

Some objections I have to the idea that russia’s invasion was rational and the entire fault of America (although I don’t want to say that America didn’t play any part in it): It has caused the exact opposite results for Russia in terms of security concerns: European countries are stocking up there military, Finland and and now probably swesen are joining/already joined the NATO. NATO also has been more unified in response to the invasion. Sanctions and sacrifices of war (Russian soldiers, economical costs of war) are destabilizing Russia (for example Prigoshin’s coup) and making it more depended on China. Now some of those consequences weren’t too surprising and I think it’s difficult to argue that the invasion supports Russian security. At the same time, there wouldn’t have been a need for Putin to justify the invasion as a “denazification”. The territories that Russia conquered/will conquer are IMO also more likely to destabilize Russia and its unity than to actually help Russia

Good questions, but agree with John. BTW.. Israel is not a rational actor in regard to 2 state solution.

@EdSurridge

3 ай бұрын

The industrial military complex is Offensive Realism in action. It's worth remembering that it presently needs control of all oil for hegemony and that's not obtained. Separating The IMC from oil with renewable hydrogen can end the fuel to fight hence Fight for fuel rule

I would not put much hope in UK saving our democracy. We need to vote out anyone that did not call for ceasefire in Gaza and for freeing Assange. It is the minimum requirement.

The host has asked some very good & thought provoking question. 🎉🎉👏👏

very good interview questions. So far the best available on the internet.

The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances comprises three substantially identical political agreements signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994, to provide security assurances by its signatories relating to the accession of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The three memoranda were originally signed by three nuclear powers: the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States. China and France gave somewhat weaker individual assurances in separate documents The memoranda, signed in Patria Hall at the Budapest Convention Center with US Ambassador Donald M. Blinken amongst others in attendance, prohibited the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, "except in self-defense or otherwise by the Charter of the United Nations." As a result of other agreements and the memorandum, between 1993 and 1996, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons.

I much appreciate the picture on the wall behind the interviewer. It looks like it came from the inner sleeve of the "Wish You Were Here" album by Pink Floyd.

JOHN MEARSHEIMER ... GREAT INFORMATIVE JOURNALISM

Kudos to the interviewer for asking tough and structured questions. Professor Mearsheimer is still one of my favorite voices on global affairs today. Thanks to him for making so many appearances lately and sharing his cogent insights, and thanks also for standing on the right side of history!

Excellent interview 👏

It was good to see an interviewer not prepared to be hood-winked by someones wishing to deflect criticism away from Putin. Mearsheimer has long been a critic of American foreign policy & yet his answers always seem to exonerate Putin & aim to deflect our interest away from Russia to China.

Prof. Mearsheimer handles questions and criticism very well because he keeps his ego in check and responds rationally and logically. It's really too bad that the USA and the collective West did not listen to him all these years, as he accurately predicted what was going to happen in Ukraine.

As a Ukrainian I disagree.... of course. Why not stand for some basic principles, respecting borders and the will of a people. It is absolutely clear that any "existential" threat was not territorial but in ideology. Ukraine, especially the younger population are becoming more EU in mind & culture... & this was the threat to which the natural response is "tough sht"

@Some_Average_Joe

2 ай бұрын

And what if Crimeans wanted to be part of Russia?

@johnhume4346

2 ай бұрын

The people living in Eastern Ukraine disagree.

John Mearsheimer takes the interviewer to school about the Putin's 2021 essay and what a theory is.

@castelodeossos3947

3 ай бұрын

Repeatedly takes him to school about what constitutes a theory.

It's good to know..coz I really don't have any idea about this

Cool. Good questions and straight answers 👍

Prof. Mearsheimer has enormous patience

Mearsheimer's 2014 essay in FP predicted the current crisis with uncanny detail. Give him the credit due. The Ukraine war was avoidable with some sensible compromises about NATO expansion, but the USA leadership did not want to avoid it.

@msmaryna961

2 ай бұрын

Ukraine had declared neutrality vis a vis NATO before Russia invaded in 2014. The NATO expansion argument falls apart when you look at facts. Russia is a rogue state that feels comfortable with violence and aggression. Eastern European nations were right to join NATO.

With all my profound respect to professor Mearsheimer I do not understand why China poses a threat to the USA.

But why is it that nobody defends a single state solution? That is the ONLY logically viable option: one state, free of ethnic and religious agendas, representing all peoples of the area. Why is the ideological agenda of an ethno-religious state taken for granted by everybody, even though we know that is not viable at the end of day and it will never be? What kind of "realism" is that?

The interviewer should have done his homework. Many of his questions especially the one related to the July 2021 speech had been asked multiple times to John before. What’s a wasted opportunity.

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

What do you think about the article? I don't think Mearsheimer is correct on that one.

@hoareg2

2 ай бұрын

@@johnc3525 honestly I have to read it more carefully to give my opinion because it can be interpreted both ways. My point here is that this question had been asked many times before and Mearsheimer gave pretty much the same answer every time, for which we can’t blame him. Here the interviewer just asked the same question and then after Mearsheimer answered, he did not push back on that and just stated his disagreement.

@johnc3525

2 ай бұрын

@@hoareg2I agree with you. I was just looking for somebody else's opinion on the article. To me Putin is establishing Ukraine as Russia's rightful colony. Which Mearsheimer thinks it's OK, by the way, so his acceptance of some colonialism needs to be recognized.

As usual Prof.Mearsheimer talks, and explains things like a beacon of wisdom. Thank you once again, maestro.

Why would a country almost double the size of USA and less than half of population want more territory?

@jimmyjones8676

3 ай бұрын

Historically for warm water ports, extra bodies and buffer zones.

good work

Oh my goodness, I've watched several interviews with John Mearsheimer, but none compare to this one. The interviewer allows ample time for John to respond, and he skillfully counters the theory in an educated manner.