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'''John Joseph Mearsheimer''', is an American political scientist and international relations scholar, a graduate of the [[United States Military Academy at West Point]]. He earned his PhD at Cornell University. As of 2023 he teaches at the [[University of Chicago]]. Mearsheimer belongs to the [[realist school of international relations]].

'''John Joseph Mearsheimer''', is an American political scientist and international relations scholar, a graduate of the [[United States Military Academy at West Point]]. He earned his PhD at Cornell University. As of 2023 he teaches at the [[University of Chicago]]. Mearsheimer belongs to the [[realist school of international relations]].

Mearsheimer said of the disastrous [[NATO_war_in_Ukraine#2023_Spring-Summer_counteroffensive|2023 Ukraine summer offensive]], "it should have been obvious to [[Ukraine]]’s [[Western civilization|Western]] cheerleaders beforehand that the [[blitzkrieg]] they embraced was doomed to fail and that it made little sense to push Ukraine to launch it."<ref>[https://mearsheimer.substack.com/p/bound-to-lose Bound to Lose: Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive], John Mearsheimer, Sept. 2, 2023</ref>

Mearsheimer said of the disastrous [[NATO_war_in_Ukraine#2023_Spring-Summer_counteroffensive|2023 Ukraine summer offensive]], "it should have been obvious to [[Ukraine]]’s [[Western civilization|Western]] cheerleaders beforehand that the [[blitzkrieg]] they embraced was doomed to fail and that it made little sense to push Ukraine to launch it."<ref>[https://mearsheimer.substack.com/p/bound-to-lose Bound to Lose: Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive], John Mearsheimer, Sept. 2, 2023</ref>

 

Mearsheimer is in the [[Myrotvorets]] (English: Peacemaker) database, usually known as the [[Ukrainian Nazi]] kill list, which is an online database of what its owner, [[Anton Gerashchenko]], declares as “enemies of [[Ukraine]],” containing personal doxxing information and addresses.<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/09/21/ukrainian-hit-list-publishes-names-and-addresses-of-alleged-russian-propagandists/ Ukrainian “Hit list” Publishes names and addresses of alleged “Russian propagandists:” Turns out to be based not in Ukraine but in Langley VA where CIA headquarters is located], By Jeremy Kuzmarov (Posted Sep 21, 2022). mronline.org</ref>  The kill list is maintained by Gerashchenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament ([[Rada]]) and deputy minister of the Interior. Its servers are located in [[Brussels, Belgium]] and operated by [[NATO]] and the [[CIA]]. For enforcement of the kill list, the Ukrainian [[Teroborona]], [[SBU]], and Neo-Nazi [[Azov Battalion]] are organizations within the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior, and not in the Ministry of Defense.

Mearsheimer is in the [[Myrotvorets]] (English: Peacemaker) database, usually known as the [[Ukrainian Nazi]] kill list, which is an online database of what its owner, [[Anton Gerashchenko]], declares as “enemies of [[Ukraine]],” containing personal doxxing information and addresses.<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/09/21/ukrainian-hit-list-publishes-names-and-addresses-of-alleged-russian-propagandists/ Ukrainian “Hit list” Publishes names and addresses of alleged “Russian propagandists:” Turns out to be based not in Ukraine but in Langley VA where CIA headquarters is located], By Jeremy Kuzmarov (Posted Sep 21, 2022). mronline.org</ref>  The kill list is maintained by Gerashchenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament ([[Rada]]) and deputy minister of the Interior. Its servers are located in [[Brussels, Belgium]] and operated by [[NATO]] and the [[CIA]]. For enforcement of the kill list, the Ukrainian [[Teroborona]], [[SBU]], and Neo-Nazi [[Azov Battalion]] are organizations within the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior, and not in the Ministry of Defense.

==Russia and Putin==

==Russia and Putin==

 

Prof. Mearsheimer describes Russia's relations with [[the West]] and [[Vladimir Putin]]'s ambitions as such:

Prof. Mearsheimer describes Russia's relations with [[the West]] and [[Vladimir Putin]]'s ambitions as such:

{{Cquote|The conventional wisdom in [[the West]] regarding the [[Ukraine war]] makes it sound like [[Russia]] is behaving in [[Europe]] the way [[China]] is acting in [[Asia]]. [[Putin]] is said to have [[imperialism|imperial]] ambitions that begin with creating a greater Russia along the lines of the old [[Soviet Union]] and then re-conquering the former buffer countries of the [[Warsaw Pact]], ultimately threatening the security of all Europe. Ukraine, which he purportedly aims to conquer and integrate into Russia, is his first but not his last target. In this view, what [[NATO]] is doing in Ukraine is containing Russian power, much the way it prevented the Soviet Union from dominating all of Europe during the [[cold war]].

{{Cquote|The conventional wisdom in [[the West]] regarding the [[Ukraine war]] makes it sound like [[Russia]] is behaving in [[Europe]] the way [[China]] is acting in [[Asia]]. [[Putin]] is said to have [[imperialism|imperial]] ambitions that begin with creating a greater Russia along the lines of the old [[Soviet Union]] and then re-conquering the former buffer countries of the [[Warsaw Pact]], ultimately threatening the security of all Europe. Ukraine, which he purportedly aims to conquer and integrate into Russia, is his first but not his last target. In this view, what [[NATO]] is doing in Ukraine is containing Russian power, much the way it prevented the Soviet Union from dominating all of Europe during the [[cold war]].