John Mearsheimer: Zelensky Prepares to Risk it All

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John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982.

Above all else, he is an international relations theorist. More specifically, he is a realist, which means that he believes that the great powers dominate the international system and they constantly engage in security competition with each other, which sometimes leads to war.

Although he has dedicated his life to scholarship, he has also tried to engage in the policy debates of the day. For example, he was one of the most outspoken opponents of the 2003 Iraq War before it happened. He firmly believe that social science theories are invaluable for making and analyzing foreign policy.

His personal website is https://www.mearsheimer.com/ and Substack page is https://mearsheimer.substack.com/