The key to undoing the Taliban is to sow dissension within its ranks by offering carrots - bribes and positions in a… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
No sensible Iranian leader is going to wage his country's survival on who gets elected president of the United States. — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Even if Iran did have a nuclear weapons capability, they could not use that to blackmail the United States or to attack;… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
The United States was not interested in conquering, occupying, and integrating Iraq into a greater United States. — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
If history is any guide, most Afghans would oppose an American invasion and fight the foreign occupiers, probably with substantial help from… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
A critically important issue when talking about America's terrorism problem is the matter of how U.S. support for Israel's brutal treatment of… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Even if we somehow destroyed all of Iran's nuclear capability, they will simply rebuild it, in locations that are harder to find… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Just to focus on the Middle East... I think it is quite clear that, except for the Iran nuclear deal, under President… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler believed that his great-power rivals would be easy to exploit and isolate because each had little interest… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
For all good sorts of security reasons, Israel wants to remain the only nuclear power in the Middle East, but a nuclear-armed… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Obama is principally responsible for getting the United States involved in Syria - although we didn't use military force there, we have… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Of course, the last thing Washington, Tel Aviv and Riyadh want is for Iran to acquire the bomb. But it is hard… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
The American expeditionary force would easily rout the Taliban in a conventional war - which is why there would not be one.… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
I think there's no question that a nuclear-armed Iran would bring stability to the region, because nuclear weapons are weapons of peace.… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
First of all, I don't believe that the United States has any strategic interest in Syria. I think, from a strategic point… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
When World War II started on September 1, 1939, the German army contained 3.74 million soldiers and 103 divisions. — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Since the mid-1990s, Russian leaders have adamantly opposed NATO enlargement, and in recent years, they have made it clear that they would not stand… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share
The unpleasant truth is that some borders are untenable and preserving them causes conflict, not peace. — John Mearsheimer Copy Share
Great powers react harshly when distant rivals project military power into their neighborhood, much less attempt to make a country on their border an… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share
When the United States worked to contain the Soviet Union during the Cold War, we went to enormous lengths to get as many countries… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share
The central aim of American foreign policy has traditionally been to dominate the western hemisphere while not permitting another great power to dominate Europe… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share
Nuclear weapons are the ideal middle-class weapons for Americans. They provide massive amounts of deterrence on the cheap. — John Mearsheimer Copy Share
Erosion of sovereignty is one more reason a powerful state with a liberal foreign policy ends up fighting never ending wars and fostering militarism… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share
Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute. — John Mearsheimer Copy Share
What disappoints me about Obama is that, when he came into office, he gave the impression he was going to reduce America's global commitments,… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share
The question of whether or not the United States or any other great power should expand, should pursue regional hegemony, or pursue global hegemony,… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share
The more closely any ism accords with human nature, the more relevance it will have in the real world. — John Mearsheimer Copy Share
Offensive realism predicts that the United States will send its army across the Atlantic when there is a potential hegemon in Europe that the… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share
