Costs Quote by John Mearsheimer

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

The unpleasant truth is that some borders are untenable and preserving them causes conflict, not peace.

— John Mearsheimer

Decapitation is a fanciful strategy.

— John Mearsheimer

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

I hate sleeping in the woods.

— John Mearsheimer

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

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

Nuclear weapons are the ideal middle-class weapons for Americans. They provide massive amounts of deterrence on the cheap.

— John Mearsheimer

States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.

— John Mearsheimer

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

Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute.

— John Mearsheimer

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