John Mearsheimer
American political scientist
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| 2023 | Delivered a keynote speech at the Korea Global Forum in Seoul, arguing that North Korea's nuclear weapons can be seen as a 'force of stability' despite not being an ideal situation. |
| 2023 | Mearsheimer spoke to the New Statesman about his intellectual reception in China, noting that he feels more intellectually at home in Beijing when discussing foreign policy. |
| 2023 | Published 'How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy' through Yale University Press, exploring state decision-making processes. |
| November 2022 | Mearsheimer was interviewed again by Chotiner, maintaining his position that Putin's primary goal was to control four Ukrainian provinces and ensure Ukraine remained neutral and not associated with NATO. |
| June 2022 | Mearsheimer delivered a speech titled 'The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine War', arguing that there was no evidence Putin wanted to conquer Ukraine or install a puppet government. |
| March 2022 | Mearsheimer was interviewed by Isaac Chotiner of The New Yorker, where he continued to blame NATO expansion and Western influence for the Russian invasion, suggesting Ukraine should accommodate Russian interests. |
| February 2022 | Mearsheimer re-affirmed his belief that the West were largely to blame for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, arguing that NATO expansion and attempts to turn Ukraine into a pro-American democracy were key motivating factors. |
| 2021 | Mearsheimer published a widely debated Foreign Affairs article arguing that the US was destined to compete aggressively with China and that the policy of engagement was a 'colossal strategic mistake'. |
| 2020 | Received the James Madison Award from the American Political Science Association, recognizing his distinguished scholarly contributions to political science. |
| May 2020 | Tom Switzer from the Centre for Independent Studies praised Mearsheimer's intellectual vindication regarding Sino-American security competition during the coronavirus crisis. |
| 2019 | Wrote an article arguing that the US-led liberal international order was destined to collapse from its inception, predicting its replacement by three distinct 'realist orders'. |
| 2019 | John Mearsheimer expressed support for Bernie Sanders as his preferred candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and identified economic inequality as the greatest problem facing the United States. |
| 2018 | Published 'The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities' through Yale University Press, presenting a critique of 'liberal hegemony' and arguing that nationalism is a more enduring geopolitical value. |
| 2015 | Sociologist Amitai Etzioni reviewed Mearsheimer's arguments on China, suggesting that the two powers have little real reason to confront each other. |
| February 2015 | Mearsheimer wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times warning against providing weapons to Ukraine, arguing that Russia's strategic interests in Ukraine are so significant that they would continue the conflict at any cost, potentially including nuclear weapons. |
| 2014 | Mearsheimer updated his book 'The Tragedy of Great Power Politics', presenting a fuller statement of his views on China's rise and arguing that China will likely attempt to dominate Asia following offensive realist principles. |
| August 2014 | Mearsheimer published the article 'Why the Ukraine Crisis is the West's Fault', arguing that the United States and European allies were primarily responsible for the Russo-Ukrainian conflict by pushing for NATO enlargement and supporting the pro-democracy movement in Ukraine. |
| 2013 | John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt published an academic paper titled 'Leaving theory behind: Why simplistic hypothesis testing is bad for International Relations', critiquing contemporary international relations scholarship's approach to research and theory development. |
| 2011 | Published 'Why Leaders Lie' through Oxford University Press, a book analyzing lying in international politics that explores how leaders lie to domestic and foreign audiences for perceived national interests. |
| 2011 | John Mearsheimer wrote a back-cover blurb for Gilad Atzmon's controversial book 'The Wandering Who? A Study of Jewish Identity Politics', praising the book's analysis of Jewish identity, assimilation, and Zionism. |
| 2010 | At the International Spy Museum, Mearsheimer criticized Israel's nuclear weapons, asserting they were contrary to US interests and questioning Israel's lack of accountability on international issues. |
| April 2010 | Delivered the Hisham B. Sharabi Memorial Lecture at the Palestine Center in Washington, D.C., titled 'The Future of Palestine: Righteous Jews vs. the New Afrikaners', presenting a critical analysis of Israel's future and the potential for an apartheid state. |
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