When one speaks the truth instead of towing the political line, he's attacked. Those who do that and don't listen to reason will pay very dearly for their dirty politics. Mearshimer's 100% on solid ground with his factual observations.
That is great for us normal people on the ground, what a perfect test to conclude the truth! Just bait the hooks and throw them out, see if the aggressors come swallow and there you go, catch warmongers and corrupt fishes who themselves yell slogans about corruption and warmongers as they are dragged up dry land all bug eyed and out of their comfort zone, the ocean of lies and deceit.
This kooky professor completely blows over the fact that Russia has illegally invaded a foreign country (Ukraine), not once, but twice now. And Putin's bandits are slaughtering innocent children, women, and grandmas, plus their homes and cities, leading to a mass refugee displacement and a world energy and material crisis. To equate all this to NATO is pure rubbish.
He has a point. “When one speaks the truth instead of towing the political line, he’s attacked”. Thank you, cause it’s this is happening to the people in Russia who don’t agree with Putin’s rhetoric, they’re imprisoned for speaking out against the war. “Factual observation?” Just because you says “ his factual observation” doesn’t mean everything he says is 100% true without taking all components into consideration with what’s going on in Ukraine.
@@lettucesalad3560 It's more than an opinion. Its a theoretical model supported by vast research that has proven correct. What happens now will fit or be used to calibrate it. We don't have a better predictive tool, nor could we.
Putin didn't try and capture Kyiv, (he knows exactly what the west would think and say about that move), this was a distraction military strategy first thought up by Bonaparte, in which the forces of the defending country are forced to split up into different parts and not fight as a whole. Once Mariupol was taken and the Main strategic positions encircling Donbass was acquired, the Russians withdrew from Kyiv and moved forces from Mariupol, to ensure the main task of their invasion - to protect the donbass - was achievable.
Russia gave up on capturing Kyiv well before Mariupol was taken. In fact, it is not even clear whether Mariupol is really under full Russian control now.
@@peter30th99 You’ll first need to prove that capturing Kiev was the primary goal of this invasion - and in 2 days, according to Ukrainian and western narrative. Where was this said by the Russian side? On the other hand, they claimed the invasion’s goal was to assist Donbas. If you take into account that the major Ukrainian force was concentrating in front of Donbas region, when Russia attacked from both North (Kiev), North East ( Kharkov) and South - Mariupol, thus drawing major forces away from Donbas and diluting the threat, then in their mind they did what they set out to do. Donbas wasn’t attacked, meanwhile Kiev wasn’t attacked either - only surrounded on three sides. Once the threat was eliminated and the Mariupol fall was all but a matter of time, the forces withdrew to counter Donbas threat.
His 2015 lecture on the Ukraine crisis including his proposed solution ( 1. neutral Ukraine 2. minority rights for russian speaking people 3. Marshall like development programme) was viewed more than 25 million times! ua-cam.com/video/JrMiSQAGOS4/v-deo.html#t=39m20s (1 h 15 min)
It’s a pity America politicians don’t pay affection to people of this man’s caliber. It may prevent a nuclear war and we know nobody survives that. Not even politicians.
Even if they took the heed, those politicians will only do & act according to what is deemed permissible by the corporate donors and Israel. All this is because the US as a country does not have its own Federal Reserves. Politicians can be brought to the knee by whoever holds the purse string.
@@nemodomo4645 - how are they not involve when they're the ones giving out the Russians positions to the Ukrainian troops and supplying them with weapons?
@@unveilingthetruth5784 Many countries that are members of NATO are supporting Ukraine with intelligence and weapons, but NATO itself haven't got involved yet. NATO have only sent additional troops to Eastern European countries bordering Russia and Ukraine, in order to be prepared in case Putin starts to attack a NATO country.
@@nemodomo4645 -NATO is fighting the Russians with lives of the Ukrainians. Putin has no intention of attacking NATO but NATO does. So NATO Is involved in this war because this war isn't about the Ukrainians, this war is about NATO and Russia. NATO is doing everything possible to see Russia loose in Ukraine which will never happened. If NATO keeps on sending Ukrainians weapons, this fight will go far beyond this just mark my words. Should Putin Retaliate, he isn't gonna care about civilians in the NATO countries because he's going to bombed them with weapons of mass destruction. This war is just the beginning of world War III.
@@jys76 1. So you think the Russian would take only Kyiv to leave the Ukrainians a possibility to take it back? 2. Do you know the geographical difference between Russia and Ukraine, like the Ural Mountains and how close Moscow is to the Russian border? 3. Russia tried to surround Kyiv, would they not have taken out Ukrainian leadership and crippled the army command structure? 4. Again: Does anyone think Putin would have stopped with just Kyiv? 5. Are you crazy?
And so should he, he is an intelligent and educated man of the old ways, honest and speaking truth, ohh that dying breed of yesteryears good men we are in such desperate need of here and now. All he needed to do was to analyze the situation and speak the truth as he saw it, and voila... Lo and behold, out come profecy. But it is his strength, goodness and heart, willingness to speak that truth fully understanding the consequences of his actions that make me adore the man. It is built into to us to want to be liked, loved, and CIA among other organizations actually perfected the techniques of ridicule for media consumption knowing full well what a sword they were sharpening.
@@luffararnesugerkuk Yup He sure is a dying breed , rapidly becoming extinct that bodes ill for humankind. Very few people of his caliber and integrity.
He didn't. Current events have actually started 6 years ago with 2014 revolution overthrowing a pro-Russian authoritarian regime and Russia starting a separatist movement in Donbass region
what events has he predicted 6 years ago? Those happened 8 years ago? Well, for an old geezer it is a remarkable achievement. How appeasement of putin by letting him slide with Crimea annexation and total shutdown of any NATO talks with Ukraine helped? Great, huh?
He predicted 180 degree opposite of what transpired. He said that Putin would have to be an insane idiot to invade Ukraine. How accurate did that prediction turn out to be?
I wish more people would listen to the last part of his predictions. He doesn't see this conflict ending, but he was smart enough to predict the war in the first place. "No peace in sight at all". It's not alarmist, it's realist.
I have been following John Mearsheimer for years on this subject and I feel he is right on the money. But as always the global hegemony doesn't like their plans exposed.
He's right. It's the international system of anarchy, the balance of power, the security dilemma. Those factors influence countries to react in a certain way. When you look at it from the perspective of some of these concepts that few people mention, international relations becomes very predictable.
@C True, one has to look at it from 3 perspectives. The international system level, the country level, and the individual level. I think his theory does a good job at the international system level and how that system level can also influence the other levels. Of course one can add also more details to the other levels and make an even stronger argument.
One more try 😊. Its impossible to fight the laws of nature. Just like grasshoppers change their behaviour , so do humans. When a certain critical mass is reached the system changes.
The words "fault" and "blame" should not be part of the Realist's vocabulary. Mearsheimer conflates geopolitical theory with moral theory. At best he can argue that no one is to blame. But to insist it is The West's fault without acknowledging Putin's agency is simply preposterous.
@@lorenzo6868 1. if ukraine did joined nato, they will put missile there. remember baltic state who join nato? go google where baltic state located. 2. no, they didn't invade cuba, but they did destroyed their economies trought sanction. 3. wake up sleepy head
@@lorenzo6868 Lol. So, the U.S. gets to have a Monroe Doctrine, interfere in other countries foreign politics, participate in war crimes, blatantly lie, break treaties, have zero accountability, expect no pushback and still claim to be on the moral high ground.? You’re delusional. The U.S. and it’s NATO flunky are poking a bear that has an arsenal of nuclear weapons and oil. This is not a child’s game. Stay in your playpen.
Mearsheimer has been an old Putin's prostitute, his arguments are never proven by anything but what he thinks Putin thinks or is going to do. How does he know? Has he talked to Putin? Never. In his recent article (Foreign Affairs, Aug 17, 2022), Prof Mear. has again played Putin's nuclear blackmails, which is especially nonsense these days (thou they were such long before).
Europe & Asia puts up with the demands of washington constantly , Europe & the world should ditch Washington , Then the world might prosper & find peace
I respect Mearsheimer for sticking to his guns in spite of the blast of propaganda and personal attacks against him. In this he is experiencing what the late Steven Cohen also underwent in making some effort to understand the Russian position. I would only disagree with his assessment of the Russian attack on Kiev. It seems to me that this was a feint to pin down Ukrainian troops while air superiority was established and their armour was destroyed, and the encirclements around the the Donbass Cauldron and Mariupol were tightened. Classic Clausewitzian strategy, which Western press reports don't seem to grasp. The Russians never sent enough troops to take a city of 3 million people...nor did they ever intend to do so.
Yes, it was a classic military "fixing operation" designed to shape the battlefield so that Russia could concentrate its forces in areas of key strategic interest (the Donbas), and prevent Ukraine from re-deploying those troops in Kiev into those parts of the battlefront. The Russians are no fools, and they understand the math: you can't take a defended city with 1/3 as many troops as the defending enemy garrison -- you need about a 3:1 advantage (at least) to ensure success. Therefore, it is clear that the Russians never had any intention to take Kiev unless the Ukrainians for some insane reason had chosen to voluntarily abandon it. Those troops were sufficient to keep the much larger Kiev garrison locked in position, however.
Isn't it funny that you guys don't like Western propaganda, yet you have absolutely no problems with Chinese state propaganda (because this is basically was CGTN is)? 😄
@@suspendedtwice4sayingrasis261 haha! You are so right... But it's thé same with warcrimes... Those from Ukrainian army are horrible but those from russia arn't...
The fact that they didn't have enough troops speaks to Russian incompetence, not some genious strategic thinking. They had their general killed near Kiev, I bet that wasn't the part of distraction plan. Russia has lost its elite units near Kiev there's no way on earth that was merely a distraction to attack Donbass. They just believed Ukraine would give up instantly, tough luck for them
@@nodarikirtadze8220 there was a rumor that the Russia intelligence force already got the generals fixed and expected the Ukrainian military to give up. And it turns out that was the case. That’s why Putin punished his head of intelligence. Btw, even this is a CGTN interview, I didn’t see the interviewer trying to put words in the professor Mearsheimer’s mouth. I do see it a lot on for example BBC interviews.
love this channel respect to John Mearsheimer who for years has been lauded and applauded by fellow collegues speaks truth on ukraine and then the smear campaigns began...
Merci for this interview. Western Values countries have been winning the online war, but Russia is winning the real war. Politely disagree with John since I don't think Putin ever wanted to take Kiev. But he bottled up Ukro troops there as he achieved his objectives in the Donbass. And he is fighting a humane war against Na_is and NATO. BTW when they finally look into A_ovstal, they will see the NATO participation.
@Alec Foster Russia today gave a final proposal to surrender to the Azov (and any others) guys who are inside the factory yet. Otherwise they will be annihilated.
So why didnt' hé immediatly sent his troops to donbass when hé Saw thé Ukrainian forces concentration around Kiev? Why waited hé to saw à verry huge number of modern combat véhicule and tanks to bé destroyed and many russians soldiers to die before moving to donbass? And why did hé that with his best troops?
He certainly wanted to take Kiev if he could’ve taken it quickly because that’s the capital of Ukraine. If Ukraine would’ve lost it’s capital it would’ve probably lost all hope and they would’ve had to come to the negotiation table and admit defeat. Taking Kiev militarily wouldn’t necessarily mean he would’ve kept Kiev politically. He would’ve gave it back for surrender.
Winning the real war? They barely made progress in months and you know that from the moment Russia runs out of ammo, they'll be killed by Ukrainians from within
I did listen to this professor for many years and I did not agree with him . USA had not military bases in Ukraine and Ukraine has never been a NATO member. Mr .professor is not very clever, just drawing attention with his bpmbastic, but stupid ideas.
@@jozefgrunmann7998 Ukraine has never been de jure member of NATO. It was de facto member of NATO. When funneling NATO weaponry into Ukraine and having various NATO military trainers on the ground for 8 years while Ukraine attacked the secessionist Donbas region it means the Ukraine was de facto NATO member.
Prof. John speaks it loud and clear - if anybody were to slowly transgress into your backyard with devious intentions, as a home owner, it is logically known that he/she will defend their crib against that trespasser. If those trespassers become more in numbers, then it will even be a red flag worry for the house owner.
The problem with your logic is those aggressors and homeowners you mention were on that land and in that house way bfore Ukraine ever existed as a separeate nation. You can manipulate and change borders overnight politically but you cannot change the demographics of the population overnight. Half of Ukraine identifies as Russian so your invasion and aggression analogy is Bull Sh...it.
@@jackdaniels3573 the transgressors are the military US-NATO bases on the Russian border also the 47 Bio Weapon labs in Ukraine financed by CIA-USA. Zelensky is a US puppet, his net worth from a few Milliions rose to 1,5 Billions based on Pandora paper.
Ukraine is not really Russia's backyard now, is it? It's a sovereign and independent state that may choose to join whatever alliances it pleases. And this invasion is a direct violation of the sovereignty and independence of another state that Russia agreed on when it signed certain international treaties. This is the biggest flaw in Mearsheimer's argument by far and it never takes into account what Ukraine wants. Also, he quite conveniently leaves out the fact that huge natural gas reserves are situated in the east of Ukraine, that would essentially supply the entire European continent's natural gas needs and of course Russia doesn't like that one bit! 😄
@@suspendedtwice4sayingrasis261 Sorry but that way of thinking is so stupid in international relations. Just because you think you are a sovereign nation that can do what it wants when you are living next to a superpower is lunacy. Again. Remember Cuba?
Reminder that this man actually recommended USA to ally with Russia to encircle China in his famous lecture on the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Seeing him talking on CGTN should be signs that things are getting worse.
He likes and respects the Chinese as people. He states that a confrontation between China and the US (and their Pacific allies) is inevitable as per his theory. And he is correct.
He, Kissinger, Bzrezinski, Kenan etc. are/were strategic geopolitical realists. They are given a task - keep US global hegemony - and they devise the strategies towards this goal. Until the very top of the global 1% changes this fundamental goal, the CFR, Bilderberg, CATO Institute, Chatham House, Davos, etc. will all work towards this Plan.
@@alecfoster5542 true. Honestly, I prefer that he at least respects the Chinese as rival rather than the shit show we've been watching from US government towards China from the past decade
@@drmodestoesq can you please provide some evidence to support this (when Putin said: "Ukraine has no right to exist")? I believe I heard him say "Ukraine as a state did not exist until after 1993" or something along these lines, which alluded to the fact that Ukraine is not homogenous people, but a number of integrated nationalities that have been aggregated under Soviet Union and only became a state after SU fell apart. I believe this was interpreted by the media as: Ukrainians are not a nation and therefore they should be taken apart and returned to their (Soviet) roots.
@@mmazourov nobody have ever said it : Ukraine existed as small country, but the territories whst Ukraine had till this year were a lot russian territories.... i grew up in the Soviet union, it was kind of one country, but the Ukrainian got very aggressive against Russia, because they were bragging USA and Europe are going to help us.... I live in Canada and have ukrainian neighbors and always i hear how they are smarter and better then russian.... and always that agression against everything russian.... I can translate everything, but the rudeness and aggressive attitude toward everything in Russia and russian people was far not normal.... and Russia saw that it got a lot of support from the west, and everything what the Ukrainian do and how it is " normal democratic " ,so the russian had to act....
@@irenepauls1194 :) I have family in Kiev and in Russia, as well as Ukrainian friends in London. I have spent many years as a kid going to Kherson on summer holidays and you always got an occasional "moskal'" there, but as a whole I found Ukrainians to be good people. Naturally every nation has some morons. Most of the anti-Russian sentiment is coming from the Western Ukraine - those guys are ethnicity Polish and similarly to the Baltic states resent Russians for being kept out of Europe during the Soviet Union days. Eastern Ukraine is quite different (from what I understand), hence my previous comment about Ukraine not being an integrated country.
If JM decided about my country's fate, we would be still in soviet block. But guess what? We are done with Putin's paranoia and excuses. Greetings form Poland.
I remember Maidan very well even today, actually we heard murmurs about something cooking even earlier than that, small trips here and there hinting at a potential plan already set in motion. That was 10 years ago, just a year or 2 after that things moved fast and resulted in the chaos at Maidan where they already lied fully to us about the snipers shooting at own people, maybe we will never know if only Ukrainian Azov types where used or west sending own men (that likely trained those men), but it is clear as daylight Putins men where not shooting at Ukrainians in 2014 so follow the full timeline and all become very clear what's going on here. It's just another color revolution according to same methodology as earlier, carbon copy of a script that used to work but today can no longer breath on it's own in need massive help and enforcement from media and lying politicians to be forced ahead. That in itself is just a small piece of the puzzle, a puzzle designed a long, long time ago and supposed to be laid over a long time to complete the wet dream of a new world order, their own warned us over the years, writing books for ex, take 1984, people read them out of context which is a shame and the bigger picture is lost. Go read UN agenda 21, 30 and read them with open eyes not according to what you are told you read
That's true. And what concerns about those "unknown snipers", they had shown up in Moscow in 1991 and in Beldrade in 1992. Same handwriting, same employers.
I am so glad there are independent thinkers who are able to take a considered look & provide a balanced analysis on the viewpoints of each side. The media especially in the west, likes to appear as the voice of 'good' & any side opposite is 'evil'. Nothing in life is ever so black & white, especially when it comes to warring nations. John Mearsheimer takes a balanced view & never steers away from criticising either side nor explaining his understanding of why Russia feels it has a need to wage this war. His arguments are factual & never for one side or the other...however because he tries to give a fair analysis & point to a potential rationale for Russia's actions...our western media cast him aside as some type of russian sympathiser. He is simply being independent & its fortunate we have access to such analysis which helps us keep a balanced view. Our western media likes to attack adversary nations for propoganda...but they are no better.
And I don’t agree with your assessment. Two things you didn’t mention. One, Ukraine should be free to choose its own path…if Russia takes Ukraine NATO are even more so on Russians border. Two, Russia has invaded and annexed from each and every former USSR country. Otherwise the only way to avoid an invasion was to OBEY ALL Russian demands and to remain a Russia puppet state. So, the invasion was simply a matter of when. Ukraines biggest mistake was to not build and strengthen their military long before this. But why would they when Russia installed most of Ukraine governments. Placing trust in the devil.
Ukraine offered to become a neutral country to end the war. Putin rejected that offer. Explain how this is possible if Russia's goal is to address the existential threat.
Correct, he does not care what Ukrainians think. Wonder why ? Monroe doctrine. Like it or not but the reality is that Ukraine may not have a final say whether to join Nato or not. As Prof. Andrew Latham said on his interview on this conflict "... technically, every state has a right to join whatever alliance it wants to, but again, just because a state has a right to do something does not make it right to do it." Ukraine should remain neutral - end of story. Pursuing Nato goal is the way to self-destruction... and that is what we observing right now.
@@greedytoski Did you ask yourself why so many former Warsaw pact coutries joined Nato as quicly as they could? I will give you a clue. They were sick and tired of being Russia's victims. If your country borders Russia staying neutral is pure utopia
@@Blanka1100 "sick and tired" ?? such a childish argument. how funny... how old are you, boy? how good you know history and economy? or do you know it at all ???
US believes in freedom, including freedom of speech, and that's why Mearshmeier can express his opinion". What we see in Ukraine now is a war of independence, no less. A Mearshmeier from 1780's would have assured us that americans had no voice and the american revolution was somehow a war between France and Britain. Well no sir, the americans were mostly alone, exactly as the ukrainians are now, died in great number and the military war took eight years. Was it worth ? For sure ! It may take ukrainians eight years to free themselves of the russian yoke. King George III also promised eternal war, just like Putin today, they will probably have similar endings. What we see today in Ukraine is yet another episode of the fight between freedom and tyranny, it's as simple as that.
It's pretty hard to negotiate with a war criminal. This guy is a disgrace, and the West will not accommodate an imperialist authoritarian who has manipulated and coerced his way to power throughout his career. Mearsheimer is a Putin bootlicker.
Are you on drugs? They will just get another owner in the West, with all gays, and alphabet BS. They will own nothing and be super cheap labor for Western companies. You must be braindead, there's no freedom it's all a lie.Stop watching tv.
Love it or loathe it but this gentleman speaks the common sense the rest of the world is thinking. We're not not in the West and don't see the same picture as the West. May be the solving of this conflict through diplomacy and dialogue will be more productive and wise. God made Ukraine and Russia natural neighbors, so they may as well find a better way to find a lasting solution.
@@mjc8281 So God made them natural enemies? Possibly, I cannot tell. But that certainly is how the world works. Only naive people are of the opinion that the east has somehow more rights than the west.
@@herptek I think you have misunderstood what I said simply that borders move and god has nothing to do with that and neighbours are relative ... in the run up to the first world war Austria was Italy's biggest rival in terms of naval power 4 years later they didn't have a rowing boat and where gone
@@mjc8281 God has left this world bereft is the moral of the story. Therefore the west should rely not on God but on its own power to vanguish the creeping threat of the east.
@@herptek personally I think the chances there is a god are pretty slim and the fact that if there is a god he would give a shit about whats happening on any part of the planet would be fucking astounding, in terms of dealing with the creeping threat of the east... these things ebb and flow... Look at the UK British policy in the 19th century was to be broadly supportive of German unification... how did that work out for them in the 20th??
When Zelensky won his election with 72 % he did so on a peace manifesto. His predecessors who were imposed by the US in 2014 bright war to the Ukraine Zelensky offered peace but when he won the war mongers of the previous lot told Zelensky that if he spoke to the Russians he would end up at the end of a rope from a tree . So instead of bringing peace he brought even greater war. You cannot blame the Russians for believing that there was a desire for peace in Ukraine and that an attack on the capital might lead to the Zelensky lot being thrown out by the people. In the event the west which wanted this war , the MSM went into overdrive to support Zelensky do Russia retreated to their original aim remove the threat of Nato. This war and Russians incursion into Ukraine will end when they see no threat so the more weapons we pile into the country the more Russian will feel they need to control to remove that threat. We started this conflict we are the ones that have to end it .China said from the start “ He who puts the bell in the tiger must take it off” sadly we don’t want to do so.The US are prepared to fight Russia in the Ukraine to the last Ukrainian. There is clearly looking back many who want peace but anyone in the Ukraine who talks of peace would find themselves hanging from a tree.
It is not clear that Putin failed to capture Kiev, the only thing that is clear is that forces were sent toward it. Which according to the source happened to strategically pin down the Ukrainian forces in the west and keep them from moving towards the eastern frontlines.
He is a hell of a shit professor and every undergraduate could absolutely roast his dumbass. He just literally nails a chessboard onto countries ignoring their agency and everything from economy, psychology to sociology. And since he does so he cant comprehend that Nato expanded because the new members were begging to join. So lets now play a little counterfactual: would these new members be relatively prosperous, stable economies on an uptrend or would they, like all other neighbors of russia be corrupted shitholes subject to meddling if not outright invasion?
John Mearsheimer should have a lot more traction: he speaks with such information and clarity! Hardly anyone hears him. Thank you to every channel that gives him a platform!!
Sanity is in deep short supply in America. Professor John Mearsheimer is a rare exception. But look at what we have: In one corner a subservient comedian turned president and at the other, his master, a senile post retiree experiencing severe cognitive disorders at the helm in Washington on the bed with the American military industrial complex... On the adversary side, as if it was a secret, the nation with the largest thermonuclear arsenal on the planet... I really doubt any good thing can be expected out of this.
i do not think that lame Joe is the master of Zelensky. OBAMA is. and the Bilderberger Club, the mass medias. all the same bunch of inept and corrupt crooks.
Might is right, when your might decreases what is next? Even a little bit of honesty, from the American government would improve the situation. When your friends are forced to abandon you, you are in trouble. The Americans need to get this right soon because it is not about Russia. You can't fool all the people all the time. If they are living big and not balancing their budget, where is the money coming from? Everybody, who is anybody, must be asking that question.
Russian is being stopped and defeated, Ukraine will survive and prosper, hitlerian nostalgic will be defeated, again. Mearsheimer feel free to grow a little square moustache!!! You already have the eyes.
@@Pfirtzer Where are the NAziS?? Azov battalion has only 900 or less members left, the "Right sector" party has 1% of the votes and only holds few parliment seats. Svoboda party has been removed as intern government since the 2014 revolution, where the puppet was ousted for not persuing Economic and trade relations with EU, but to his moscow rats, while firing on protestors in kiev against his policies and tyranny.
Well... the threatening by Nato to Russia is still questionable.. But the protective effect being a Nato member from Russian attack is unquestionable. Strange that Russia find less dangerous a such strong country like China, sharing a longer edge. I guess Putin is more scared on the process of democratization in Ukrainian Russian speaking neighborhoods which may slowly bring to the end of imperalism. Since the results if this invasion is strengthen of the Nato coalition and new members sharing same edges..
If Russia was a good neighbor, all those former Warsaw pact counries would have no need to join Nato to be secured. They have no trust in Russia for a reason. It's called own experience over decades.
with expectation to westerners , almost everyone across the world see what's happening in Europe as a US lead provocation against Russia. and as Mearsheimer once said, History will judge the US and it's allies harshly for this.
Timothy Snyder, a professor at Yale University, in an article for the New York Times, called Russia a fascist country. Snyder's text was titled: "We should say it out loud: Russia is fascist." This drove Vladimir Solovyov into rage. What did the American historian write? Snayder pointed out that fascism is reviving after World War II, as can be seen in the invasion of Putin's Russia in Ukraine. By pointing to the key signs of fascism, the historian judged that they fit the current actions and rhetoric of Putin's regime. He stressed that "if Ukraine loses, there will be decades of darkness.
Snyder is a typical neocon ideologist, everything he wrights perfectly fits into their imagination of today’s world. However, the reality is often quite different. Russia does not use retorics which fits fascism, nothing even close. In reverse - the current resurrection of nazism based on ww2 history revision is envisioned as one of the main threats to humanity. Multiple nazi formations in Ukraine and their actual influence on the government and reciprocal support make the picture even more worrying. Nazi collaborants Bandera, Shukhevich and many others proclaimed as heroes of Ukraine. These are the same people who were responsible for Polish population genocide in Volyn region and mass killing of Jews. So, before referring to some doubtful anti-Russian “professors”, you need to make fact checking first.
I lived in Soviet Union for 25 yrs. I'm representative of one of the "stans" ethnicities so that I'm more or less neutral in this conflict. The existential threat, most probably is meant as proximity of NATO missiles/installations, existed during the whole Cold War period. Missiles could have reached Moscow from Western Germany, for example, in a matter of 5-7 minutes. After the collapse of Soviet Union, Baltic states literally raced to NATO to solve their, much more real, existential problems (proved to be timely action). Professor provides the Caribbean crisis as a similar case. However, the US threatened directly USSR and not Cuba, let alone the US did not invade and annexed the island. Therefore, it is still totally unclear why Russia views the war with Ukraine, and annexing its territory, as the only way to solve the problem of the "existential threat". Why not to attack a key NATO country directly? Starting the war only made the "existential problem" worse. Sweden and Finland (the latter share nearly 1000 km border with Russia) have applied to NATO instantly since Russia has become much more real threat to them. Neutral Moldova is also applying right now. Georgia has been extremely anxious to apply as Russia grabbed 30% of its territory. What is the reason? Existential threat? Absurd. Russia simply lost its neighbors as allies and partners to build a meaningful coalition regional economic partnership, etc. And the only reason is that it is not an attractive and reliable partner itself. Now, Putin feels that Russia is sidelined and he wants to make a statement that he and Russia still matter and can teach the world a lesson. The only real fact is that Russia sidelined itself by failing to become an efficient economy, democratic and lawful state, etc. Instead, the government suppresses opposition and murders its leaders, free press, human rights activists and promotes oligarchs around Putin who practice fraud, thefts, corruption and so on etc. I TOTALLY disagree with the Professor. It is precisely the Putin's regime that is the real existential threat to Russia.
Quite so Professor Mearsheimer. I cringed at the outset when the young man who could have been a brilliant buffer between East and West threatened Russia with NATO. Oh for the unnecessary loss of life!
Mearsheimer is ridiculous. I follow Mearsheimer for many many years. And im following ukraine russian politics since since the 90s. Mearsheimer argues in a way that doesn't take the interests of the sovereign nation ukraine in account. Like its the fate of ukrainians to be the play ball of bigger nations. They have nothing to say about their own future. Ridiculous Maersheimer! He thinks he is so smart and that he is one of the few people who knows whats really going on. But he is plain wrong. He basically says that ukraine does have to subdue itself to russia. A sovereign nation gets attacked by a paranoid russian leader/nation out of self defence. Ridiculous! A paranoid megalomaniac russian President leader of a dicitatorical, olygarchical country attacks a neighbor country and the west should take the blame. Ridiculous! I say the west is guilty of many conflicts and problems but its not guilty of a war of aggression started by Putin. Just look at the russian history, its an imperialist nation. And now it has a megalomaniac president who thinks he is Peter the Great. Not for nothing countries joining the NATO. There is a difference between Russia and Nato. Countries join Nato out of free will. Countries join Russia because they are conquered by russia.
How about Finland and Sweden at the doorstep of Russia as an existential threat ? Definitely has to be bigger than Ukraine right ? It is a much longer border. If Mearsheimer's theory was right, then Russia should react right ? So what happened ?
Poland joined Nato in 1999, Lithuania in 2004, both are Russia's neighbors. Did utin wake up yesterday? It's an excuse. He does not want Ukraine to exist. He wants to annex Ukraine.
They've wanted to place hypersonic launchers with nuclear capabilities in poland and romania. An existential threat means such launchers placed in ukraine within 5 minutes flight time to moscow
Our government’s absurd behavior in its push for NATO expansion is so depressing because it is such a waste of human life and resources. I’m so glad there are learned and eloquent individuals like Prof. Mearsheimer, even if such people are largely ignored. Just to hear them speak with such clarity gives me joy regardless of its unpopular status. That a viewpoint transcends status quo stupidity is an unqualified victory.
your goverment actually doesn't really want NATO to expand. They never did. Poland even blackmailed their way in. When do you understand that countries WANTS to be in NATO quite badly?
As a citizen of the Czech Republic I have to say that we also were 40 years buffer zone for Russia. Putin clearly said that he wants to restore the situation before 1999, when we join NATO. All our teritory of middle Europe is last twelve years under hybrid attacks of Russia. Should we also sacrifice our nationality because he is afraid?? I really understand Ukrainians why they fight so much. Comparsion with the Cuban crisis is not accurate. Nobody went with three hundred thousand soldiers to Cube, when they had the communist revolution. They choose their way and none of their neighbors attacked them. The west's fault is mainly in the unlimited trade with Russia in the last 20 years, when no one cared about the massive arming of the Russia.
The end is both happy and sad. Sad part: First USA lost in ukraine nd also in domistically, second russia win and got more followers, third ukraine destroyed and no more ukrainians, only polish and russian. Happy part: the war end.
At about 1:00 John says that Americans thought that Cuba had no right to have soviet missiles on its soil , but JM ignores the highly belligerant nature of such an act and concentrates on the fact that there is no " Godzilla" that can adjudicate on the rights and wrongs of the case but the trouble is norms of human behaviour do exist , even at the international level. My problem is this , both Putin and Xi have picked up on JM's thesis and are using it to justify their aggression . No country , USA included , had any intention of attacking Russia , I mean its a dump what would you do with it . OK Russia was attacked by Napoleon and then Hitler but it was the West that drove them out , and restored peace .Putin's behaviour is paranoid with more power and nukes than Stalin had . So with the wisdom of hindsight a neutral Ukraine would be better than the rubble it now is . This is JM's point + it would have kept Putin on side with the west .
Some on a comment wrote "I am still trying to wrap my brain around how deliberately cutting off Russian food, oil, minerals, and other needed things while denying them Starbucks, Disney, and Louis Vuitton will make them be the losers in the end".
When one speaks the truth instead of towing the political line, he's attacked. Those who do that and don't listen to reason will pay very dearly for their dirty politics. Mearshimer's 100% on solid ground with his factual observations.
That is great for us normal people on the ground, what a perfect test to conclude the truth! Just bait the hooks and throw them out, see if the aggressors come swallow and there you go, catch warmongers and corrupt fishes who themselves yell slogans about corruption and warmongers as they are dragged up dry land all bug eyed and out of their comfort zone, the ocean of lies and deceit.
This kooky professor completely blows over the fact that Russia has illegally invaded a foreign country (Ukraine), not once, but twice now. And Putin's bandits are slaughtering innocent children, women, and grandmas, plus their homes and cities, leading to a mass refugee displacement and a world energy and material crisis. To equate all this to NATO is pure rubbish.
He has a point. “When one speaks the truth instead of towing the political line, he’s attacked”. Thank you, cause it’s this is happening to the people in Russia who don’t agree with Putin’s rhetoric, they’re imprisoned for speaking out against the war. “Factual observation?” Just because you says “ his factual observation” doesn’t mean everything he says is 100% true without taking all components into consideration with what’s going on in Ukraine.
Factual observation is that it is Russian not NATO bombs that destroy Ukraine.
@@lettucesalad3560 It's more than an opinion. Its a theoretical model supported by vast research that has proven correct. What happens now will fit or be used to calibrate it. We don't have a better predictive tool, nor could we.
Putin didn't try and capture Kyiv, (he knows exactly what the west would think and say about that move), this was a distraction military strategy first thought up by Bonaparte, in which the forces of the defending country are forced to split up into different parts and not fight as a whole. Once Mariupol was taken and the Main strategic positions encircling Donbass was acquired, the Russians withdrew from Kyiv and moved forces from Mariupol, to ensure the main task of their invasion - to protect the donbass - was achievable.
Russia gave up on capturing Kyiv well before Mariupol was taken. In fact, it is not even clear whether Mariupol is really under full Russian control now.
@@nemodomo4645 you are insisting to force your opinion on what other has said he is not doing that. Better save our time not to argue this.
Whilst you are incorrect, it is useful to have people like you telling Putin a loss is a win. Let Putin save face and scuttle back to Russia.
@@peter30th99 You’ll first need to prove that capturing Kiev was the primary goal of this invasion - and in 2 days, according to Ukrainian and western narrative. Where was this said by the Russian side?
On the other hand, they claimed the invasion’s goal was to assist Donbas. If you take into account that the major Ukrainian force was concentrating in front of Donbas region, when Russia attacked from both North (Kiev), North East ( Kharkov) and South - Mariupol, thus drawing major forces away from Donbas and diluting the threat, then in their mind they did what they set out to do. Donbas wasn’t attacked, meanwhile Kiev wasn’t attacked either - only surrounded on three sides. Once the threat was eliminated and the Mariupol fall was all but a matter of time, the forces withdrew to counter Donbas threat.
@@nemodomo4645 With the exception of one steel plant, it is.
John Mearsheimer is the man. He tells the logic and what the other side think about.
Taiwan belongs 2 China 🇨🇳, Kashmir belongs 2 India 🇮🇳 lobe from neighbors.. agonist west & Islam ☪️ terrorism.
No he's not.... in another interview, he's telling India, Russia and America to gang up on China. He's a fake snake. Just another warmonger.
His Logic is Very Simple. Ukraine won't Feel Safe if don't Join NATO. Russia won't Feel Safe if Ukraine joins NATO.
His 2015 lecture on the Ukraine crisis including his proposed solution ( 1. neutral Ukraine 2. minority rights for russian speaking people 3. Marshall like development programme) was viewed more than 25 million times! ua-cam.com/video/JrMiSQAGOS4/v-deo.html#t=39m20s (1 h 15 min)
Even better, he includes what all the sides think about, and how they are likely to react, SiKampret.
One of the few voices of sanity left today.
It’s a pity America politicians don’t pay affection to people of this man’s caliber. It may prevent a nuclear war and we know nobody survives that. Not even politicians.
Maybe those insect can .
@@benzonlidi4099 the cockroaches?
@@viorica8402 not the politician kind . But the real insect , and they will inherit the earth .
Even if they took the heed, those politicians will only do & act according to what is deemed permissible by the corporate donors and Israel.
All this is because the US as a country does not have its own Federal Reserves.
Politicians can be brought to the knee by whoever holds the purse string.
politicians survives. they cant kill.
NATO needs to back off
not just back-off. it needs to be dissolved asap.
NATO hasn't even started to get involved yet.
@@nemodomo4645 - how are they not involve when they're the ones giving out the Russians positions to the Ukrainian troops and supplying them with weapons?
@@unveilingthetruth5784 Many countries that are members of NATO are supporting Ukraine with intelligence and weapons, but NATO itself haven't got involved yet. NATO have only sent additional troops to Eastern European countries bordering Russia and Ukraine, in order to be prepared in case Putin starts to attack a NATO country.
@@nemodomo4645 -NATO is fighting the Russians with lives of the Ukrainians. Putin has no intention of attacking NATO but NATO does. So NATO Is involved in this war because this war isn't about the Ukrainians, this war is about NATO and Russia. NATO is doing everything possible to see Russia loose in Ukraine which will never happened. If NATO keeps on sending Ukrainians weapons, this fight will go far beyond this just mark my words. Should Putin Retaliate, he isn't gonna care about civilians in the NATO countries because he's going to bombed them with weapons of mass destruction. This war is just the beginning of world War III.
Voice of commonsense
Thanks CGTN
What a giant scholar. Thank you professor
He's onto it 👌
And how convenient that a Chinese state propaganda channel loves his view points.
A "giant scholar" that says taking over Kiev is not the same as taking over Ukraine. What garbage
@@andersaskjrgensen5468 taking over Kiyv is not taking over all of Ukraine.
Napoleon Bonaparte took over Moscow but was defeated in the end...
@@jys76 1. So you think the Russian would take only Kyiv to leave the Ukrainians a possibility to take it back? 2. Do you know the geographical difference between Russia and Ukraine, like the Ural Mountains and how close Moscow is to the Russian border? 3. Russia tried to surround Kyiv, would they not have taken out Ukrainian leadership and crippled the army command structure? 4. Again: Does anyone think Putin would have stopped with just Kyiv? 5. Are you crazy?
He is 100% ✓ . He accurately predicted current events 6 Years ago
And so should he, he is an intelligent and educated man of the old ways, honest and speaking truth, ohh that dying breed of yesteryears good men we are in such desperate need of here and now. All he needed to do was to analyze the situation and speak the truth as he saw it, and voila... Lo and behold, out come profecy.
But it is his strength, goodness and heart, willingness to speak that truth fully understanding the consequences of his actions that make me adore the man.
It is built into to us to want to be liked, loved, and CIA among other organizations actually perfected the techniques of ridicule for media consumption knowing full well what a sword they were sharpening.
@@luffararnesugerkuk Yup He sure is a dying breed , rapidly becoming extinct that bodes ill for humankind. Very few people of his caliber and integrity.
He didn't. Current events have actually started 6 years ago with 2014 revolution overthrowing a pro-Russian authoritarian regime and Russia starting a separatist movement in Donbass region
what events has he predicted 6 years ago? Those happened 8 years ago? Well, for an old geezer it is a remarkable achievement. How appeasement of putin by letting him slide with Crimea annexation and total shutdown of any NATO talks with Ukraine helped? Great, huh?
He predicted 180 degree opposite of what transpired. He said that Putin would have to be an insane idiot to invade Ukraine. How accurate did that prediction turn out to be?
This gentleman is absolutely right.. Many Many people share your view. Keep lighting up truth of factual history.........
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I wish more people would listen to the last part of his predictions. He doesn't see this conflict ending, but he was smart enough to predict the war in the first place. "No peace in sight at all". It's not alarmist, it's realist.
I hope he's wrong, I hope I'm wrong, I just can't see the situation improving before a major world war breaks out.
You know why because he is one of the masterminds behind it like all Americans he talks in riddles a warmonger!
Because of the U.S. They would have this war go on forever for their hegemony and military complex .
West Ukraine and East Ukraine like Korea.
@@gracelim2336 Maybe. This has to end eventually.
I have been following John Mearsheimer for years on this subject and I feel he is right on the money. But as always the global hegemony doesn't like their plans exposed.
A guy "right on the money" that says taking over Kiev is not the same as taking over Ukraine. What garbage
He's right. It's the international system of anarchy, the balance of power, the security dilemma. Those factors influence countries to react in a certain way. When you look at it from the perspective of some of these concepts that few people mention, international relations becomes very predictable.
@C True, one has to look at it from 3 perspectives. The international system level, the country level, and the individual level. I think his theory does a good job at the international system level and how that system level can also influence the other levels. Of course one can add also more details to the other levels and make an even stronger argument.
Its impossible to fight the laws of nature. Just like hrashoppers
One more try 😊. Its impossible to fight the laws of nature. Just like grasshoppers change their behaviour , so do humans. When a certain critical mass is reached the system changes.
The Law of Action and Reaction
The words "fault" and "blame" should not be part of the Realist's vocabulary. Mearsheimer conflates geopolitical theory with moral theory. At best he can argue that no one is to blame. But to insist it is The West's fault
without acknowledging Putin's agency is simply preposterous.
A very nice interview 👍 respect ✊ on both sides.
Very well said.
He told no lies.
@@lorenzo6868 first Us has been arming Ukraine since 2014. And yes Us tried to invade Cuba in the bay of pigs
@@lorenzo6868 Ha-ha! Back to school! Putin cares about his country, NATO and USA don´t.
@@lorenzo6868
1. if ukraine did joined nato, they will put missile there. remember baltic state who join nato? go google where baltic state located.
2. no, they didn't invade cuba, but they did destroyed their economies trought sanction.
3. wake up sleepy head
@@lorenzo6868 Lol. So, the U.S. gets to have a Monroe Doctrine, interfere in other countries foreign politics, participate in war crimes, blatantly lie, break treaties, have zero accountability, expect no pushback and still claim to be on the moral high ground.? You’re delusional. The U.S. and it’s NATO flunky are poking a bear that has an arsenal of nuclear weapons and oil. This is not a child’s game. Stay in your playpen.
@@lorenzo6868 Nice try. Did I strike a nerve? Lol
The thing is he said it 8 years ago and it is obvious that he’s right you’re just allergic to the truth.
Mearsheimer has been an old Putin's prostitute, his arguments are never proven by anything but what he thinks Putin thinks or is going to do. How does he know? Has he talked to Putin? Never. In his recent article (Foreign Affairs, Aug 17, 2022), Prof Mear. has again played Putin's nuclear blackmails, which is especially nonsense these days (thou they were such long before).
Ok but he also said Russia would never invade Ukraine so...
INCREDIBLE WELL SAID.
He's absolutely right.
It's unfortunate that Russia has to tolerate this Western criminal ploy. But, there's always one way to take care of the issue, once and for all.
Europe & Asia puts up with the demands of washington constantly , Europe & the world should ditch Washington , Then the world might prosper & find peace
West trying to make great reset of their economy,
let's just make great reset of humanity.
@@wilklablacquit Washington
I respect Mearsheimer for sticking to his guns in spite of the blast of propaganda and personal attacks against him. In this he is experiencing what the late Steven Cohen also underwent in making some effort to understand the Russian position. I would only disagree with his assessment of the Russian attack on Kiev. It seems to me that this was a feint to pin down Ukrainian troops while air superiority was established and their armour was destroyed, and the encirclements around the the Donbass Cauldron and Mariupol were tightened. Classic Clausewitzian strategy, which Western press reports don't seem to grasp. The Russians never sent enough troops to take a city of 3 million people...nor did they ever intend to do so.
Yes, it was a classic military "fixing operation" designed to shape the battlefield so that Russia could concentrate its forces in areas of key strategic interest (the Donbas), and prevent Ukraine from re-deploying those troops in Kiev into those parts of the battlefront. The Russians are no fools, and they understand the math: you can't take a defended city with 1/3 as many troops as the defending enemy garrison -- you need about a 3:1 advantage (at least) to ensure success. Therefore, it is clear that the Russians never had any intention to take Kiev unless the Ukrainians for some insane reason had chosen to voluntarily abandon it. Those troops were sufficient to keep the much larger Kiev garrison locked in position, however.
Isn't it funny that you guys don't like Western propaganda, yet you have absolutely no problems with Chinese state propaganda (because this is basically was CGTN is)? 😄
@@suspendedtwice4sayingrasis261 haha! You are so right... But it's thé same with warcrimes... Those from Ukrainian army are horrible but those from russia arn't...
The fact that they didn't have enough troops speaks to Russian incompetence, not some genious strategic thinking. They had their general killed near Kiev, I bet that wasn't the part of distraction plan. Russia has lost its elite units near Kiev there's no way on earth that was merely a distraction to attack Donbass. They just believed Ukraine would give up instantly, tough luck for them
@@nodarikirtadze8220 there was a rumor that the Russia intelligence force already got the generals fixed and expected the Ukrainian military to give up. And it turns out that was the case. That’s why Putin punished his head of intelligence. Btw, even this is a CGTN interview, I didn’t see the interviewer trying to put words in the professor Mearsheimer’s mouth. I do see it a lot on for example BBC interviews.
love this channel respect to John Mearsheimer who for years has been lauded and applauded by fellow collegues speaks truth on ukraine and then the smear campaigns began...
Nato had already told Ukraine they couldn't join. It has pushed Sweden and Finland so this Prof has missed the whole point of his argument 🙄
@@Rainonasphalt publicly NATO refused to rule out Ukraine joining? 🤔 Yet everyone knows, how's that work
Merci for this interview. Western Values countries have been winning the online war, but Russia is winning the real war. Politely disagree with John since I don't think Putin ever wanted to take Kiev. But he bottled up Ukro troops there as he achieved his objectives in the Donbass. And he is fighting a humane war against Na_is and NATO.
BTW when they finally look into A_ovstal, they will see the NATO participation.
@Alec Foster
Russia today gave a final proposal to surrender to the Azov (and any others) guys who are inside the factory yet. Otherwise they will be annihilated.
So why didnt' hé immediatly sent his troops to donbass when hé Saw thé Ukrainian forces concentration around Kiev? Why waited hé to saw à verry huge number of modern combat véhicule and tanks to bé destroyed and many russians soldiers to die before moving to donbass? And why did hé that with his best troops?
He certainly wanted to take Kiev if he could’ve taken it quickly because that’s the capital of Ukraine. If Ukraine would’ve lost it’s capital it would’ve probably lost all hope and they would’ve had to come to the negotiation table and admit defeat.
Taking Kiev militarily wouldn’t necessarily mean he would’ve kept Kiev politically. He would’ve gave it back for surrender.
But since he couldn’t take it quickly and end the war quickly he gave up on it and moved onto plan B which is just taking the East.
Winning the real war? They barely made progress in months and you know that from the moment Russia runs out of ammo, they'll be killed by Ukrainians from within
Cgtn needs to step up their game and engage in more of these interviews in the absence of RT.
I did listen to this professor 5-6years ago and did agree with him.
I did listen to this professor for many years and I did not agree with him . USA had not military bases in Ukraine and Ukraine has never been a NATO member. Mr .professor is
not very clever, just drawing attention with his bpmbastic, but stupid ideas.
@@jozefgrunmann7998 Obviously Ukraine is not a Nato member that’s the entire reason Russia went in now before they could become a Nato member…
@@HueyPPLong Sounds like good reason to join NATO as fast as you can.
@@jozefgrunmann7998 Ukraine has never been de jure member of NATO. It was de facto member of NATO. When funneling NATO weaponry into Ukraine and having various NATO military trainers on the ground for 8 years while Ukraine attacked the secessionist Donbas region it means the Ukraine was de facto NATO member.
Very clever, darling
Prof. John speaks it loud and clear - if anybody were to slowly transgress into your backyard with devious intentions, as a home owner, it is logically known that he/she will defend their crib against that trespasser. If those trespassers become more in numbers, then it will even be a red flag worry for the house owner.
The problem with your logic is those aggressors and homeowners you mention were on that land and in that house way bfore Ukraine ever existed as a separeate nation. You can manipulate and change borders overnight politically but you cannot change the demographics of the population overnight. Half of Ukraine identifies as Russian so your invasion and aggression analogy is Bull Sh...it.
@@jackdaniels3573 the transgressors are the military US-NATO bases on the Russian border also the 47 Bio Weapon labs in Ukraine financed by CIA-USA. Zelensky is a US puppet, his net worth from a few Milliions rose to 1,5 Billions based on Pandora paper.
Ukraine is not really Russia's backyard now, is it? It's a sovereign and independent state that may choose to join whatever alliances it pleases. And this invasion is a direct violation of the sovereignty and independence of another state that Russia agreed on when it signed certain international treaties. This is the biggest flaw in Mearsheimer's argument by far and it never takes into account what Ukraine wants. Also, he quite conveniently leaves out the fact that huge natural gas reserves are situated in the east of Ukraine, that would essentially supply the entire European continent's natural gas needs and of course Russia doesn't like that one bit! 😄
Ukraine is an independent country, not Russias backyard
@@suspendedtwice4sayingrasis261 Sorry but that way of thinking is so stupid in international relations. Just because you think you are a sovereign nation that can do what it wants when you are living next to a superpower is lunacy. Again. Remember Cuba?
Meirsheimer this is simple, if Putin had not chosen to invade Ukraine, then he wouldn't be at fault.
I'm curious, how is Russia ok with the Baltics in NATO but not Ukraine?
Nato at Russia's borders is an excuse for Putin. He wants to annex Ukraine.
Reminder that this man actually recommended USA to ally with Russia to encircle China in his famous lecture on the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Seeing him talking on CGTN should be signs that things are getting worse.
He likes and respects the Chinese as people. He states that a confrontation between China and the US (and their Pacific allies) is inevitable as per his theory. And he is correct.
He, Kissinger, Bzrezinski, Kenan etc. are/were strategic geopolitical realists. They are given a task - keep US global hegemony - and they devise the strategies towards this goal. Until the very top of the global 1% changes this fundamental goal, the CFR, Bilderberg, CATO Institute, Chatham House, Davos, etc. will all work towards this Plan.
@@alecfoster5542 true. Honestly, I prefer that he at least respects the Chinese as rival rather than the shit show we've been watching from US government towards China from the past decade
If only the west listened to this man when he was talking about this back in 2016
Russia would have still invaded Ukraine. Putin has always maintained that Ukraine has no right to exist.
@@drmodestoesq can you please provide some evidence to support this (when Putin said: "Ukraine has no right to exist")? I believe I heard him say "Ukraine as a state did not exist until after 1993" or something along these lines, which alluded to the fact that Ukraine is not homogenous people, but a number of integrated nationalities that have been aggregated under Soviet Union and only became a state after SU fell apart. I believe this was interpreted by the media as: Ukrainians are not a nation and therefore they should be taken apart and returned to their (Soviet) roots.
@@mmazourov nobody have ever said it : Ukraine existed as small country, but the territories whst Ukraine had till this year were a lot russian territories.... i grew up in the Soviet union, it was kind of one country, but the Ukrainian got very aggressive against Russia, because they were bragging USA and Europe are going to help us.... I live in Canada and have ukrainian neighbors and always i hear how they are smarter and better then russian.... and always that agression against everything russian.... I can translate everything, but the rudeness and aggressive attitude toward everything in Russia and russian people was far not normal.... and Russia saw that it got a lot of support from the west, and everything what the Ukrainian do and how it is " normal democratic " ,so the russian had to act....
@@irenepauls1194 :) I have family in Kiev and in Russia, as well as Ukrainian friends in London. I have spent many years as a kid going to Kherson on summer holidays and you always got an occasional "moskal'" there, but as a whole I found Ukrainians to be good people. Naturally every nation has some morons. Most of the anti-Russian sentiment is coming from the Western Ukraine - those guys are ethnicity Polish and similarly to the Baltic states resent Russians for being kept out of Europe during the Soviet Union days. Eastern Ukraine is quite different (from what I understand), hence my previous comment about Ukraine not being an integrated country.
If JM decided about my country's fate, we would be still in soviet block. But guess what? We are done with Putin's paranoia and excuses. Greetings form Poland.
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Communism is an oppressive ideology
Rare smart man! Thank you for this interview!
A great buffoon, that is either working for propagandists or conveniently idiotic to support their needs.
She's one of the best TV host.
Considering she operates from the PRC, she did a solid job of balanced reporting.
I remember Maidan very well even today, actually we heard murmurs about something cooking even earlier than that, small trips here and there hinting at a potential plan already set in motion. That was 10 years ago, just a year or 2 after that things moved fast and resulted in the chaos at Maidan where they already lied fully to us about the snipers shooting at own people, maybe we will never know if only Ukrainian Azov types where used or west sending own men (that likely trained those men), but it is clear as daylight Putins men where not shooting at Ukrainians in 2014 so follow the full timeline and all become very clear what's going on here. It's just another color revolution according to same methodology as earlier, carbon copy of a script that used to work but today can no longer breath on it's own in need massive help and enforcement from media and lying politicians to be forced ahead. That in itself is just a small piece of the puzzle, a puzzle designed a long, long time ago and supposed to be laid over a long time to complete the wet dream of a new world order, their own warned us over the years, writing books for ex, take 1984, people read them out of context which is a shame and the bigger picture is lost.
Go read UN agenda 21, 30 and read them with open eyes not according to what you are told you read
That's true.
And what concerns about those "unknown snipers", they had shown up in Moscow in 1991 and in Beldrade in 1992. Same handwriting, same employers.
‘Ordo ab Chao’
What does it say when CGTN is better than BBC.
BBC died sometime ago.
I am so glad there are independent thinkers who are able to take a considered look & provide a balanced analysis on the viewpoints of each side.
The media especially in the west, likes to appear as the voice of 'good' & any side opposite is 'evil'.
Nothing in life is ever so black & white, especially when it comes to warring nations.
John Mearsheimer takes a balanced view & never steers away from criticising either side nor explaining his understanding of why Russia feels it has a need to wage this war.
His arguments are factual & never for one side or the other...however because he tries to give a fair analysis & point to a potential rationale for Russia's actions...our western media cast him aside as some type of russian sympathiser.
He is simply being independent & its fortunate we have access to such analysis which helps us keep a balanced view.
Our western media likes to attack adversary nations for propoganda...but they are no better.
And I don’t agree with your assessment. Two things you didn’t mention. One, Ukraine should be free to choose its own path…if Russia takes Ukraine NATO are even more so on Russians border. Two, Russia has invaded and annexed from each and every former USSR country. Otherwise the only way to avoid an invasion was to OBEY ALL Russian demands and to remain a Russia puppet state. So, the invasion was simply a matter of when. Ukraines biggest mistake was to not build and strengthen their military long before this. But why would they when Russia installed most of Ukraine governments. Placing trust in the devil.
Ukraine offered to become a neutral country to end the war. Putin rejected that offer. Explain how this is possible if Russia's goal is to address the existential threat.
just because he predicted war doesn't mean he or Russia is in the right! He certainly doesn't seem to care what Ukrainians think about this.
Correct, he does not care what Ukrainians think. Wonder why ? Monroe doctrine. Like it or not but the reality is that Ukraine may not have a final say whether to join Nato or not. As Prof. Andrew Latham said on his interview on this conflict "... technically, every state has a right to join whatever alliance it wants to, but again, just because a state has a right to do something does not make it right to do it." Ukraine should remain neutral - end of story. Pursuing Nato goal is the way to self-destruction... and that is what we observing right now.
@@greedytoski Did you ask yourself why so many former Warsaw pact coutries joined Nato as quicly as they could? I will give you a clue. They were sick and tired of being Russia's victims. If your country borders Russia staying neutral is pure utopia
@@Blanka1100 "sick and tired" ?? such a childish argument. how funny... how old are you, boy? how good you know history and economy? or do you know it at all ???
None as blind as he who won't see. This professor is not only smart... he's wise. Blessings to you sir.
Political correctness, honesty, IQ. In today's western world, you can only take two of these three things.
West started the provocation by extending the missles batteries east of Berlin, on the doorstep of Russia
US believes in freedom, including freedom of speech, and that's why Mearshmeier can express his opinion". What we see in Ukraine now is a war of independence, no less. A Mearshmeier from 1780's would have assured us that americans had no voice and the american revolution was somehow a war between France and Britain. Well no sir, the americans were mostly alone, exactly as the ukrainians are now, died in great number and the military war took eight years. Was it worth ? For sure ! It may take ukrainians eight years to free themselves of the russian yoke. King George III also promised eternal war, just like Putin today, they will probably have similar endings. What we see today in Ukraine is yet another episode of the fight between freedom and tyranny, it's as simple as that.
Let's hope Russia gets it's freedom from U.S. tyranny
There is no happy ending!! Just death and destruction, ALL. OVER THE WORLD !!
Think who wants it.
Absolutely correct. Timely interview. Negotiate is the best and the only way to settle the dispute in a peaceful way.
It's pretty hard to negotiate with a war criminal.
This guy is a disgrace, and the West will not accommodate an imperialist authoritarian who has manipulated and coerced his way to power throughout his career.
Mearsheimer is a Putin bootlicker.
Evil... Empires.. Must.. Vanish...
Many voices in the wind but thankfully John's can be and needs to be heard
Let's not forget the Ukrainian people want to keep their Freedom!
Are you on drugs? They will just get another owner in the West, with all gays, and alphabet BS. They will own nothing and be super cheap labor for Western companies. You must be braindead, there's no freedom it's all a lie.Stop watching tv.
Mr. Mearsheimer has no theory, he has the truth and facts.
Love it or loathe it but this gentleman speaks the common sense the rest of the world is thinking. We're not not in the West and don't see the same picture as the West. May be the solving of this conflict through diplomacy and dialogue will be more productive and wise. God made Ukraine and Russia natural neighbors, so they may as well find a better way to find a lasting solution.
Ever heard of the Principality of Tver?..... no.... "God" also made them natural neighbours to The Grand Duchy of Moscow....
@@mjc8281 So God made them natural enemies?
Possibly, I cannot tell. But that certainly is how the world works. Only naive people are of the opinion that the east has somehow more rights than the west.
@@herptek I think you have misunderstood what I said simply that borders move and god has nothing to do with that and neighbours are relative ... in the run up to the first world war Austria was Italy's biggest rival in terms of naval power 4 years later they didn't have a rowing boat and where gone
@@mjc8281 God has left this world bereft is the moral of the story.
Therefore the west should rely not on God but on its own power to vanguish the creeping threat of the east.
@@herptek personally I think the chances there is a god are pretty slim and the fact that if there is a god he would give a shit about whats happening on any part of the planet would be fucking astounding, in terms of dealing with the creeping threat of the east... these things ebb and flow... Look at the UK British policy in the 19th century was to be broadly supportive of German unification... how did that work out for them in the 20th??
Mearsheimer is like a broken record. He keeps repeating his child-like observations. Monroe Doctrine this, Cuban Missile Crisis that. YaDaYaDaYaDa.
Hi 👋 he’s brilliant mine🌹❤️and he was right about the war
When Zelensky won his election with 72 % he did so on a peace manifesto. His predecessors who were imposed by the US in 2014 bright war to the Ukraine Zelensky offered peace but when he won the war mongers of the previous lot told Zelensky that if he spoke to the Russians he would end up at the end of a rope from a tree . So instead of bringing peace he brought even greater war. You cannot blame the Russians for believing that there was a desire for peace in Ukraine and that an attack on the capital might lead to the Zelensky lot being thrown out by the people. In the event the west which wanted this war , the MSM went into overdrive to support Zelensky do Russia retreated to their original aim remove the threat of Nato. This war and Russians incursion into Ukraine will end when they see no threat so the more weapons we pile into the country the more Russian will feel they need to control to remove that threat. We started this conflict we are the ones that have to end it .China said from the start “ He who puts the bell in the tiger must take it off” sadly we don’t want to do so.The US are prepared to fight Russia in the Ukraine to the last Ukrainian. There is clearly looking back many who want peace but anyone in the Ukraine who talks of peace would find themselves hanging from a tree.
It is not clear that Putin failed to capture Kiev, the only thing that is clear is that forces were sent toward it. Which according to the source happened to strategically pin down the Ukrainian forces in the west and keep them from moving towards the eastern frontlines.
He is hell of a professor.
He is a hell of a shit professor and every undergraduate could absolutely roast his dumbass. He just literally nails a chessboard onto countries ignoring their agency and everything from economy, psychology to sociology.
And since he does so he cant comprehend that Nato expanded because the new members were begging to join.
So lets now play a little counterfactual: would these new members be relatively prosperous, stable economies on an uptrend or would they, like all other neighbors of russia be corrupted shitholes subject to meddling if not outright invasion?
No one is more hated than the one who speaks the truth.
Except he doesn’t
Russia is the existential threat
@Leo A Not really. Russia's military-industrial complex does very well these days.
John Mearsheimer should have a lot more traction: he speaks with such information and clarity! Hardly anyone hears him. Thank you to every channel that gives him a platform!!
No. Has he asked himself why he has been totally rejected by mainstream thought? Could it be because he might be ..... badly wrong?
@@item6931 Strange question; the entire video is a response to his critics.
Vlad Putin is EXTREMELY clear!!..Russia has a right to have their version of the Monroe Doctrine!!
Not only Russia.
Sanity is in deep short supply in America. Professor John Mearsheimer is a rare exception.
But look at what we have:
In one corner a subservient comedian turned president and at the other, his master, a senile post retiree experiencing severe cognitive disorders at the helm in Washington on the bed with the American military industrial complex...
On the adversary side, as if it was a secret, the nation with the largest thermonuclear arsenal on the planet...
I really doubt any good thing can be expected out of this.
i do not think that lame Joe is the master of Zelensky. OBAMA is. and the Bilderberger Club, the mass medias. all the same bunch of inept and corrupt crooks.
The joker and the thief.
This dude should move to Russia.
Russians love him for a reason...
Might is right, when your might decreases what is next? Even a little bit of honesty, from the American government would improve the situation. When your friends are forced to abandon you, you are in trouble. The Americans need to get this right soon because it is not about Russia. You can't fool all the people all the time. If they are living big and not balancing their budget, where is the money coming from? Everybody, who is anybody, must be asking that question.
Russian is being stopped and defeated, Ukraine will survive and prosper, hitlerian nostalgic will be defeated, again. Mearsheimer feel free to grow a little square moustache!!! You already have the eyes.
A man who supports Ukrainian nazis like you how brave, same people that torched non Ukrainian kids alive. Look in the mirror if you can.
@@Pfirtzer Where are the NAziS?? Azov battalion has only 900 or less members left, the "Right sector" party has 1% of the votes and only holds few parliment seats. Svoboda party has been removed as intern government since the 2014 revolution, where the puppet was ousted for not persuing Economic and trade relations with EU, but to his moscow rats, while firing on protestors in kiev against his policies and tyranny.
Good and truthful comment John keep 👍.
John Mearsheimer’s shameful support of kleptocratic, autocratic, colonialist regime.
kl-kl-kl-cl-kleptokl-kl... yeah... - J Biden
What do you even mean?
Well...
the threatening by Nato to Russia is still questionable..
But the protective effect being a Nato member from Russian attack is unquestionable.
Strange that Russia find less dangerous a such strong country like China, sharing a longer edge.
I guess Putin is more scared on the process of democratization in Ukrainian Russian speaking neighborhoods which may slowly bring to the end of imperalism.
Since the results if this invasion is strengthen of the Nato coalition and new members sharing same edges..
25 years of NATO expansion towards Russia is a matter of public record, not a matter of opinion.
If Russia was a good neighbor, all those former Warsaw pact counries would have no need to join Nato to be secured. They have no trust in Russia for a reason. It's called own experience over decades.
Like blaming a victim of domestic abuse for provoking their attacker.
with expectation to westerners , almost everyone across the world see what's happening in Europe as a US lead provocation against Russia. and as Mearsheimer once said, History will judge the US and it's allies harshly for this.
Timothy Snyder, a professor at Yale University, in an article for the New York Times, called Russia a fascist country. Snyder's text was titled: "We should say it out loud: Russia is fascist." This drove Vladimir Solovyov into rage.
What did the American historian write? Snayder pointed out that fascism is reviving after World War II, as can be seen in the invasion of Putin's Russia in Ukraine. By pointing to the key signs of fascism, the historian judged that they fit the current actions and rhetoric of Putin's regime. He stressed that "if Ukraine loses, there will be decades of darkness.
Snyder is a typical neocon ideologist, everything he wrights perfectly fits into their imagination of today’s world. However, the reality is often quite different. Russia does not use retorics which fits fascism, nothing even close. In reverse - the current resurrection of nazism based on ww2 history revision is envisioned as one of the main threats to humanity. Multiple nazi formations in Ukraine and their actual influence on the government and reciprocal support make the picture even more worrying. Nazi collaborants Bandera, Shukhevich and many others proclaimed as heroes of Ukraine. These are the same people who were responsible for Polish population genocide in Volyn region and mass killing of Jews. So, before referring to some doubtful anti-Russian “professors”, you need to make fact checking first.
it is been 3 months now , sanctions backfired , nobody talks about russian defeat anymore.
if china establishes military bases in vancouver, will we see uncle sam be happy about it?
With Tyrant Trudeau in power that might happen.
Oh, no, "it's different"! 😁
Or in Ireland, for example? 😉
Canada wouldn't want that communist cancer in their country.
He is absolutely right!
I lived in Soviet Union for 25 yrs. I'm representative of one of the "stans" ethnicities so that I'm more or less neutral in this conflict. The existential threat, most probably is meant as proximity of NATO missiles/installations, existed during the whole Cold War period. Missiles could have reached Moscow from Western Germany, for example, in a matter of 5-7 minutes. After the collapse of Soviet Union, Baltic states literally raced to NATO to solve their, much more real, existential problems (proved to be timely action). Professor provides the Caribbean crisis as a similar case. However, the US threatened directly USSR and not Cuba, let alone the US did not invade and annexed the island. Therefore, it is still totally unclear why Russia views the war with Ukraine, and annexing its territory, as the only way to solve the problem of the "existential threat". Why not to attack a key NATO country directly? Starting the war only made the "existential problem" worse. Sweden and Finland (the latter share nearly 1000 km border with Russia) have applied to NATO instantly since Russia has become much more real threat to them. Neutral Moldova is also applying right now. Georgia has been extremely anxious to apply as Russia grabbed 30% of its territory. What is the reason? Existential threat? Absurd. Russia simply lost its neighbors as allies and partners to build a meaningful coalition regional economic partnership, etc. And the only reason is that it is not an attractive and reliable partner itself. Now, Putin feels that Russia is sidelined and he wants to make a statement that he and Russia still matter and can teach the world a lesson. The only real fact is that Russia sidelined itself by failing to become an efficient economy, democratic and lawful state, etc. Instead, the government suppresses opposition and murders its leaders, free press, human rights activists and promotes oligarchs around Putin who practice fraud, thefts, corruption and so on etc. I TOTALLY disagree with the Professor. It is precisely the Putin's regime that is the real existential threat to Russia.
God gives Russia strength and power to safe Ukraine from the evils US-NATO & Zelensky 🇷🇺
Quite so Professor Mearsheimer. I cringed at the outset when the young man who could have been a brilliant buffer between East and West threatened Russia with NATO. Oh for the unnecessary loss of life!
Respect Professor J J Mearsheimer for his advice !
Mearsheimer is ridiculous. I follow Mearsheimer for many many years. And im following ukraine russian politics since since the 90s. Mearsheimer argues in a way that doesn't take the interests of the sovereign nation ukraine in account. Like its the fate of ukrainians to be the play ball of bigger nations. They have nothing to say about their own future. Ridiculous Maersheimer! He thinks he is so smart and that he is one of the few people who knows whats really going on. But he is plain wrong. He basically says that ukraine does have to subdue itself to russia. A sovereign nation gets attacked by a paranoid russian leader/nation out of self defence. Ridiculous! A paranoid megalomaniac russian President leader of a dicitatorical, olygarchical country attacks a neighbor country and the west should take the blame. Ridiculous!
I say the west is guilty of many conflicts and problems but its not guilty of a war of aggression started by Putin.
Just look at the russian history, its an imperialist nation. And now it has a megalomaniac president who thinks he is Peter the Great.
Not for nothing countries joining the NATO. There is a difference between Russia and Nato. Countries join Nato out of free will. Countries join Russia because they are conquered by russia.
Ukraine has the right to self determine but Donbass doesn't?
@@laserbrain7774 Donbas IS UKRAINE!
@@Blanka1100 I am not sure about that.
@@laserbrain7774 Ignorance is not a sin.
To precipitate what crisis. Russia was never in danger of invasion. They have nukes.
History will in time preserved the justice ...
The bark of the annoying dogs will be gone with the wind ..
How about Finland and Sweden at the doorstep of Russia as an existential threat ? Definitely has to be bigger than Ukraine right ? It is a much longer border. If Mearsheimer's theory was right, then Russia should react right ? So what happened ?
@Dell Wright Putin says he doesn't care, so it's clear that NATO next to Russia was never actually seen as an existential threat.
Poland joined Nato in 1999, Lithuania in 2004, both are Russia's neighbors. Did utin wake up yesterday? It's an excuse. He does not want Ukraine to exist. He wants to annex Ukraine.
They've wanted to place hypersonic launchers with nuclear capabilities in poland and romania. An existential threat means such launchers placed in ukraine within 5 minutes flight time to moscow
The difference is, that he would be in prison for words against his country if he would be in Russia. They just imprison any opposition.
Why don't you fly over to Ukraine and assist they defence. I hear the weather there is very nice this time of year.
Our government’s absurd behavior in its push for NATO expansion is so depressing because it is such a waste of human life and resources.
I’m so glad there are learned and eloquent individuals like Prof. Mearsheimer, even if such people are largely ignored. Just to hear them speak with such clarity gives me joy regardless of its unpopular status. That a viewpoint transcends status quo stupidity is an unqualified victory.
your goverment actually doesn't really want NATO to expand. They never did. Poland even blackmailed their way in. When do you understand that countries WANTS to be in NATO quite badly?
The main reason he’s being attacked is that most people don’t find his arguments credible. Nobody in Ukraine sees it this way. Nobody.
Please make more speaches about the subject. They are priceless.
I like this guy, the truth will set you free.
Is it so difficult to understand? They do not want to. For that reason, I disown US/NATO/CANADA and all the WEST as a Canadian citizen.
As a citizen of the Czech Republic I have to say that we also were 40 years buffer zone for Russia. Putin clearly said that he wants to restore the situation before 1999, when we join NATO. All our teritory of middle Europe is last twelve years under hybrid attacks of Russia. Should we also sacrifice our nationality because he is afraid?? I really understand Ukrainians why they fight so much. Comparsion with the Cuban crisis is not accurate. Nobody went with three hundred thousand soldiers to Cube, when they had the communist revolution. They choose their way and none of their neighbors attacked them. The west's fault is mainly in the unlimited trade with Russia in the last 20 years, when no one cared about the massive arming of the Russia.
China is making the same argument as Russia!
The end is both happy and sad.
Sad part: First USA lost in ukraine nd also in domistically, second russia win and got more followers, third ukraine destroyed and no more ukrainians, only polish and russian.
Happy part: the war end.
At about 1:00 John says that Americans thought that Cuba had no right to have soviet missiles on its soil , but JM ignores the highly belligerant nature of such an act and concentrates on the fact that there is no " Godzilla" that can adjudicate on the rights and wrongs of the case but the trouble is norms of human behaviour do exist , even at the international level. My problem is this , both Putin and Xi have picked up on JM's thesis and are using it to justify their aggression . No country , USA included , had any intention of attacking Russia , I mean its a dump what would you do with it . OK Russia was attacked by Napoleon and then Hitler but it was the West that drove them out , and restored peace .Putin's behaviour is paranoid with more power and nukes than Stalin had . So with the wisdom of hindsight a neutral Ukraine would be better than the rubble it now is . This is JM's point + it would have kept Putin on side with the west .
It’s not the theory it’s a fact sir
He's spot on. Anybody who thinks otherwise is not looking for the truth.....
He's a voice of reason in times where is in critically short suppy.
The guest doesn't say 10000 of nuclear weapons, he says many thousands.
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This ends when putin says its ended
Some on a comment wrote "I am still trying to wrap my brain around how deliberately cutting off Russian food, oil, minerals, and other needed things while denying them Starbucks, Disney, and Louis Vuitton will make them be the losers in the end".
so, what is the difference between Ukraine and Finland, and Sweden?