Great powers react harshly when distant rivals project military power into their neighborhood, much less attempt to make a country on their… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
The U.S., over the course of the 1990s and the first decade-and-a-half of the 2000s, went to great places to make China… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
As we learned during the Cold War, the presence of massive nuclear arsenals does not stop great powers from worrying about conventional… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Overall, the best formula for maintaining stability in post-Cold War Europe is for all the great powers - including Germany and Ukraine… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
The central aim of American foreign policy has traditionally been to dominate the western hemisphere while not permitting another great power to… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Great powers that have no reason to fight with each other, but are merely concerned with their own survival, nevertheless have little… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Great power wars are very costly and dangerous, causing massive loss of life and worldwide turmoil, and possibly spreading to involve other… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
When vital interests are at stake, countries are invariably willing to suffer great pain to ensure their security. There is no reason… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
If anything, the historical record demonstrates that great powers can inflict enormous punishment on their adversaries - with blockades, sanctions, sieges and… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
The question of whether or not the United States or any other great power should expand, should pursue regional hegemony, or pursue… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
When you're a country like Ukraine and you live next door to a great power like Russia, you have to pay careful… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Putin was very clear, as were all his lieutenants, that their great fear was that Ukraine was becoming a Western bulwark on… — 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 Image
The unpleasant truth is that some borders are untenable and preserving them causes conflict, not peace. — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Nuclear weapons are the ideal middle-class weapons for Americans. They provide massive amounts of deterrence on the cheap. — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
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 Image
Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute. — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
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 Image
