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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==

==Why Ukraine is [[the West]]'s fault==

[[File:Applebaum.PNG|rright|350px|thumb|Global [[fascist]] and former ''[[NYT]]'' propagandist [[Anne Applebaum]] accused Prof. Mearsheimer of writing scripts for the [[Kremlin]].]]

Prof. Mearsheimer in 2015, seven years before the Russian [[Special Military Operation|police action in Ukraine]], gave his historic lecture ''Why Ukraine is the West's fault'', by 2024 had been viewed on [[YouTube]] alone more than 30 million times. Mearsheimer said:

{{Cquote|[[Putin]] is basically telling [[the West]] in very simple terms, 'You have two choices: you either back off right now and we go back to the status quo antebellum before [[Maidan coup|22 February 2014]], where Ukraine is a buffer state, or you continue to play these games where you try and take Ukraine and make it a [[Western alliance|Western bastion]] on our doorstep – in which case we will wreck the country.}}

"What we are doing", Mearsheimer continued, "is, in effect, encouraging that outcome. I think it would make much more sense for us to work to create a neutral Ukraine. It would be in our interest to bury this crisis as quickly as possible. It certainly would be in Russia’s interest to do so, and most importantly, it would be in Ukraine’s interest to put an end to the crisis".

 

 

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]].

 

This story, no matter how often it is repeated, is a [[myth]]. There is no evidence that Putin wants to incorporate all of Ukraine into Russia or seeks to conquer any other country in [[eastern Europe]]. Furthermore, Russia does not have the [[military]] capability to achieve that ambitious goal, much less become a European hegemon.<ref>[https://mondediplo.com/2023/08/02great-powers Great power rivalries: the case for realism], John J. Mearsheimer, ''Le Monde diplomatique'', August 2023.</ref>}}

This story, no matter how often it is repeated, is a [[myth]]. There is no evidence that Putin wants to incorporate all of Ukraine into Russia or seeks to conquer any other country in [[eastern Europe]]. Furthermore, Russia does not have the [[military]] capability to achieve that ambitious goal, much less become a European hegemon.<ref>[https://mondediplo.com/2023/08/02great-powers Great power rivalries: the case for realism], John J. Mearsheimer, ''Le Monde diplomatique'', August 2023.</ref>}}

 

== Books ==

== Books ==