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Due to Europe's aging population, which is projected to shrink, and its various current and projected problems, Mearsheimer stated: “Europe doesn't matter anymore. You know, Europe is basically a giant museum.”<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10989704-europe-doesn-t-matter-anymore-you-know-europe-is-basically-a John J. Mearsheimer > Quotes]</ref>  

Due to Europe's aging population, which is projected to shrink, and its various current and projected problems, Mearsheimer stated: “Europe doesn't matter anymore. You know, Europe is basically a giant museum.”<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10989704-europe-doesn-t-matter-anymore-you-know-europe-is-basically-a John J. Mearsheimer > Quotes]</ref>  

Mearsheimer considers [[China]] to be a significant competitor to the United States in terms of balance of power geopolitics.<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 'The US won't tolerate China as peer competitor'], DW News, 2021</ref> Mearsheimer has said on several occasions that the United States' foreign policy should pivot from Europe to Asia as soon as possible, and, unfortunately, the United States' policy towards Ukraine before and subsequent to the war in Ukraine is delaying this pivot.<ref>[https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Interview/U.S.-engagement-with-China-a-strategic-blunder-Mearsheimer U.S. engagement with China a 'strategic blunder': Mearsheimer]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qciVozNtCDM The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgiZXgYzI84 John Mearsheimer On Who Gains The Most From The Ukraine-Russia War & What Could End Putin's Assault]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbj1AR_aAcE PROFESSOR JOHN MEARSHEIMER: THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ag-GifhGbFw South East Asia-US Foreign Policy, John Mearsheimer]</ref><ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 'The US won't tolerate China as peer competitor'], DW News, 2021</ref>  

Mearsheimer considers [[China]] to be a significant competitor to the United States in terms of balance of power geopolitics.<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 'The US won't tolerate China as peer competitor'], DW News, 2021</ref> Mearsheimer has said on several occasions that the [[American foreign policy|United States' foreign policy]] should pivot from Europe to Asia as soon as possible, and, unfortunately, the [[Ukraine aid|United States' policy towards Ukraine]] before and subsequent to the [[NATO war in Ukraine]] is delaying this pivot.<ref>[https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Interview/U.S.-engagement-with-China-a-strategic-blunder-Mearsheimer U.S. engagement with China a 'strategic blunder': Mearsheimer]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qciVozNtCDM The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgiZXgYzI84 John Mearsheimer On Who Gains The Most From The Ukraine-Russia War & What Could End Putin's Assault]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbj1AR_aAcE PROFESSOR JOHN MEARSHEIMER: THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ag-GifhGbFw South East Asia-US Foreign Policy, John Mearsheimer]</ref><ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 'The US won't tolerate China as peer competitor'], DW News, 2021</ref>  

== Europe has an inferior governmental and economic system to the United States; this is causing societal and economic decline ==

== Europe has an inferior governmental and economic system to the United States; this is causing societal and economic decline ==