The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2022
- Professor John J. Mearsheimer will discuss the current Russian invasion on Ukraine whilst exploring the potential causes and consequences of the crisis.
In this lecture, Prof. Mearsheimer will aim to focus on both the origins of the war in Ukraine and some of its most important consequences. He will argue that the crisis is largely the result of the West’s efforts to turn Ukraine into a Western bulwark on Russia’s border. Russian leaders viewed that outcome as an existential threat that had to be thwarted. While Vladimir Putin is certainly responsible for invading Ukraine and for Russia’s conduct in the war, Prof. Mearsheimer states that he does not believe he is an expansionist bent on creating a greater Russia. Regarding the war’s consequences, the greatest danger is that the war will go on for months if not years, and that either NATO will get directly involved in the fighting or nuclear weapons will be used - or both. Furthermore, enormous damage has already been inflicted on Ukraine. A prolonged war is likely to wreak even more devastation on Ukraine.
Prof. John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Chicago.
Disclaimer -- The views and opinions expressed in this video are those of the speakers or authors in their personal capacity and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Robert Schuman Centre or the European University Institute.
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The chairwoman after speaking about herself for 20 minutes then allows 15 questions to be asked before a reply is allowed , what a disorderly approach.
narcissisms?
you are right, Chris Bremmer. The chairwoman was disrespectful and took too much time.
I think that the professor responded very well to the hostile and disrespectful tone that the questions were asked. I don’t think that they really listened to what he said. It was as if the questions that were asked were thought of before he even spoke.
He doesn't care, he's used to it, to standing up to his points, and that's why I respect and admire J. Mearsheimer.
they were NED/state dept trolls from some thinktank/astroturf club
@@mynameismynameis666 NED and EED for sure!
@@chrischestarrow9031 you can't counter gaslighting trolls with arguments. they are nazi paid, they don't care about arguments
@@chrischestarrow9031 marshmallow? this audience is a nice cross section demonstrating the irrelevance of higher education in society today. one would have a hard time finding more clowns at a circus convention.
It shocked me how USA is invested in this, its almost like Ukraine is the 51th State
John was remarkably polite answering those condescending question, and the idiots behind them.
cuz john is from United States. Those fools will tear him apart if they knew his theory and he knew it. He had met too many idiots and was actually indifferent with them
That's liberal university education for ya.
And I haven't gotten to that part of the video yet.
@@virginialopezmartinez1510 1:45:00 you are welcome
This man is so much ahead of all these children - I really can not understand the length of his patience to keep educating these kindergarten children.
Seems these “students” are all wrapped up in US/west pro-Ukraine views rather than having actually listened to the complex details of history. Professor Mearsheimer has his observation on point
Yep. Explains why the West is in the mess it is.
Russia is losing badly in Ukraine and collapsing from within. It is a dying Empire with a population that is going down in numbers and with an insignificant economy. This war is the last gasp of the dying Russian Empire. And I love it. 😃
@@patriley1026 what world are you in?? You sound like a clueless moron to reality. Must be feeding 24/7 on US/West propaganda. Russia has taken control of 20% of Ukraine and is only gaining more. You are a delusional ignorant. Get real. Russia is not only winning on the battlefield its winning on the sanctions, its winning on the ruble, its winning in global support. The big losers are the US puppet states of the EU and the US ($6.00 a gallon), $54+ billion more in debt, inflation, and we’re not even at winter. I suggest you pull your head out of your wazoo and actually inform yourself to reality. There are dozens of highly intelligent geopolitical in the know people that make your comment a complete laughable idiot joke. You tube Scott Ritter, Col. Douglass MacGregor, Col. Richard Black, John Meansheimer, Michael Hudson, Alexander Mercousis, Brian Berletic, Jackson Hinkley, and others. Or stay a clueless ignorant.
PS: as for a dying empire on its last gasp of air if you were actually informed and capable of knowing reality that would be the US. The US is a declining breaking down empire
@@patriley1026 "Russia is losing badly in Ukraine and collapsing from within."
Funny that all the independent commentators give reasons for the exact opposite conclusion, with only the Big Money etc sources saying otherwise. Remind me where the main Russian retreats have been this month so far.
@@patriley1026 From where are you getting your fake news? CNN, BBC, Fox News or MSNBC?
3:45 Introduction
10:42 John's speech
1:06:34 Conclusion
1:09:20 Questions by interviewer
1:32:05 Audience Questions
Thank you
باركتك الآلهة 👍🏻👍🏻
Blessings ~
A US military veteran said what Russia did in Kyiv is really smart.he went on to explain that, sending 40000 troops to the city is not to take the city of over 2 million, it’s impossible but it gave Ukraine that impression so they pulled almost all their resources to fortify the city then Russia retreated going after their main target eastern Ukraine. Splitting Ukraine army is the key to winning because it’s weakens Ukraine. If Ukraine moves out of Kyiv they get hit by Missiles so they travel in small groups in civilian cars to reinforce their positions in the east. Anyway in the end I hope some kind of deal is done.
The guy with black shirt in the back did not have a clue, stunning …
He was a hippy
and his tone of voice is so annoying and irritating.
Black shirt and yellow pants. What a existential threat to human intelligence.
@@h.n.3399 Absolutely! So catastrophically arrogant also
The most scary thing for me - the inability of so many smart people to realise what JJM speaking!
You'd rather they didn't think for themselves..
Many intellectuals are narcissistic and suffer from delusions of granduer, among other things, which gets in the way of rational thought. Hence, the saying, they're so smart they're dumb.
The conclusion of that is that these are not smart people at all. They're institutionalized, academic cretins. Western academics are imbeciles as a rule, and there is only few exceptions to this, like Mearsheimer
Is it really the inability? Are they really smart?
@@a_l_e_k_sandra Not being smart - is inablilty.
Realism is not for everyone. Some prefer to live in a fantasy world.
In the real world great powers act like selfish kids in a playground. They don't care, they just do what it's in their best interest. The strongest wins. This applies for all of them.
'Realist School' is just an excuse for academics to get tenure by restating what Thucydides wrote in the Melian Dialogues ;)
Nothing changes because human nature doesn't change.
It is not just world powers
Realism is not about appeasement or force to submit to power, you can throw this realism nonsense back to Putin, if you invade Ukraine except get punch back to your face.
Get your facts straight! The real world has started to move away from old destructive patterns based on power competition. The real world cares about sustainability.
There is middle ground between Mearsheimer's nihilistic realism and fantasy world. How else could the free Western democratic world have emerged from thousands of years of authoritarian rule if not by the principle of hope, and the power to change something it sets free?
Admire Mearsheimer taking questions from hostile questioners like the ones at 1:45:00 and 1:48:00 - who don't seem to be open to counterarguments.
The usual "hidden hand" people I bet.
@@nwogamesalert YES
It's downright heroic to tell the truth about this. People will ruin you for refusing to toe the line. They don't allow nuance of thought. And this situation *requires* it.
Aubrey W Wursten, I agree with your comment. The guy with the orange shorts would be a foe. The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis is the main move into Ukraine. I think Sweden and Finland joining NATO is too far to be a military threat.
He loses nothing to tell the truth at his age
His view has no nuance, and he seems to admit as much in the Q&A. He's happy to be wrong when the archives open; very non-falsifiable premise. Worse because it sounds like a justification for invasion.
He is intellectually bankrupt, tnę number of factual misrepresentation is surprising.
His theories fell apart when Russia invaded, despite obvious no perspective for Ukraine joining NATO.
Now he changed narrative claiming that Ukraine training their defense capabilities (after already being invaded in 2014) was somehow informal joining of NATO. And somehow a threat for Russia.
It's embarrassing to watch
@@wojteks4712 Don't watch. But war is going on. Good enough evidence.
After 20 years in Afghanistan and the disgusting disaster withdraw I have lost trust in our pentagon. Now this cluster f- - k.
How about including Vietnam war?
Start with the end of WW2 at least.
Glad to hear it.
Some of us who are older lost trust in consecutive US administrations foreign policy a lot longer ago.
I'm UK and feel the same way about my ruling elites who have been poodles to US foreign policy for a very long time.
So wmd in iraq wasn't enough? Better late than never I suppose.
What is really sad it that the fools in Washington are spending billion on Ukraine, and they are not spending a dollar in US wellfare. Take a look to the streets for example or the state of the cities. These guys are mad, history will judge them as a curse for humanity, they will be doomed in hell
This man gives us inside to the whole situation . I am thankful for his brave approach by going against mediocratic flow.
He gives his subjective opinion to which he is entitled to. Then again you should know better if you live in EU.
@@SabatielFollower as are you friend. Even comments based on an experience are still perspectives. I'm not speaking to what's what I'm simply acknowledging the value of varied perspectives and those who freely acknowledge that's what they are. Not absolutes
@@alexandraapley3303 There is always an insight in one's opinion. To be frank, there isn't much I disagree with your comment ma'am.
The world needs more putins ;)
@@RavingFan only if you will keep them all in your basement ;) jokes aside, world seen too much of likes like Hitler Stalin etc... One Putin is too much already
The dude in the yellow hot pants didn't come to the talk for the right reason, that is to get educated no matter how different your perspective might be. He showed little respect and no professionalism when out right declaring that he came to the talk to be entertained (he described the Prof.'s performance as "entertaining"), and left when the discussion was still going on, showing no interest in actually learning what the speaker had to say. His fashion and manner definitely scream for attention. No doubt of him being among ideologues masked as liberals.
Dude in the yellow hot pants?
Thanks, I won't watch anymore!🤮🤮🤮
This war is turning out to be a real moneymaker.
All wars are, why else did the usa wage war for over 20 years in Afghanistan?
Totally agree and also oil companies
"War is a Racket", 1935 short book by Smedley D. Butler.
For who?
@@loualbano4520 An okay book. If not too shallow.0
My thanks and respect to Prof. M for his courage to speak the uncomfortable truth about who really instigated the war in Ukraine and why: we have never stopped trying to strangle the bear after the fall of the Soviet Union. We love to create proxy wars globally to fight "enemies" who refuse to bow down to us without sending our troops directly into the war, and now we do everything to ensure that Kiev will fight to the last Ukrainian. Bleed the bear as much as possible, and hope it dies. However, in nature, for every action, there is a reaction, and I fear that there will definitely be unintended consequences blowing back in our face thanks to the determination of our policy makers to either provoke regime change or exterminate all countries who disobey and stray away from our so called "rule-based world" where we unilaterally set and dictate all the rules for everybody else. The entire world is our imperial domain. Other nations can either obey or die! What would we Americans choose to do, if we were in their shoes?
CNN viewers still under the influence
Well said - excellent points.
The thing is.. What are you doing about it? I see you writing about it, like as if your motivated by your exceptionalism's, such as insidiousness, actually, you would help us get that monkey off our back?
Good point - what would you Americans do if you were in the shoes of Ukraine, or Poland? Or the comment here only talks of the shoes of US, China or Russia? Visit Russia and see for yourself.
Not quite sir! Putin is a disgusting, rotten dictator bent on enslaving Ukraine as he's robbed Russia of democracy, stolen wealth from his own people and murdered journalists and dissenters. Also I don't agree with professor Mearsheimer that Putin's goals have changed as the war in Ukraine has continued: Putin always fancied himself as a Peter the Great expansionist. In Putin's latest speech, he expresses his vulgar contempt for President Lincoln's Gettysburg address paying tribute to terrible sacrifice to secure the noble goal of securing our nation for the freedom of the people. Consider the inclusion and freedom of our black americans and the unified might of our country to help defeat the Nazis in World War II. Putin fears the power of the US on the minds of people who do not want to be the slaves of dictators.
"When a war is successful, little attention is paid to its causes. But, when the outcome is disastrous, much attention is paid to the origins of the conflict" John Mearsheimer
A superb assessment of conflicts.
Common sense
Big bossism has not yielded any result in Vietnam,Somalia,Syria,Iraq,Libya,Cuba,Afghnistan,Russia, and india(Bangla desh war,7the fleet threat),&North Korea.
The outcome of war is always disastrous for the losers and sometimes for the winners. There are no examples of any war where “little attention is paid to its causes”.
Loved the Professor, such a humble man. Ever since this war started, I researched different views from the West and East. I came to the same conclusion regarding the West as the Professor did. I do not belong to the left or right or anything in between. I look at the situation, from what is going on..I am so grateful I had the opportunity to hear him speak.
Humble, but also blind. Did you happen to read my comment from 6 days earlier @Deborah Gallo ?
@@michaelforansich8090 No Michael, I never had the pleasure. Where can I find your comment?
_an humble_ * ; )
As Churchill said, "He's a humble man with much to be humble about."
you loved him since u was three an he gave u the old jumbo sausage huh?
I feel crying as a Russian person who was born in Kyrgyzstan(one of Republic of Ex-Soviet Union) hearing this very logical, fully correct and comprehensive explanation from an American person.
He is right, Putin didn't want this war. Collective West did.
I wish this lecture is heard by many people as possible.
The west did not want an war. They want to encourage free speech, human rights and democracy. This is not in any autocrat's interest of course. But this gives them absolutely no right to drop bombs , shoot missiles and invade.
Dont matter who wanted it. All that matters is that Ukraine wins it. END OF STROY
You're responsible for your own invasion, Natasha. Quit with these ridiculous delusions. You attacked Ukraine for rejecting Putin and his criminal regime.
@ Too much copium may be hazardous to your health.
Hi Natasha, I agree with your point, why was NATO not disbanded after the fall of the Eastern Block Countries. This should be show in every school around the world
Few people have the ability to express such complex ideas in a way that the lay audience can understand. It signifies a strong grasp of their knowledge on the subject. John is a masterful communicator and his theories on what is going on in Ukraine have yet to be challenged. Damn, I love this guy!
Many can but they can't stand up to the establishment view
@@PeterXiao1 true
You are exactly right Eric. Mearsheimer sounds like a Bowery Boy who grew up to become a professor. lol
Actually there is nothing complex here. It may only seem so if one believes in the Western media lies.
"his theories on what is going on in Ukraine have yet to be challenged", he's just drawing back the curtains a bit to draw support for his favored cold war 2 with china. He's totally up for a proxy war w/ china using taiwan, and only differs from the neocons in looking to ally w/ russia in that nuclear conflict.
Jeffrey Checkel (Yellow Shorts guy) is so smug in his ignorance. He talks down to Mearsheimer as though the Professor was a moderately talented first year doctoral student. Bizarre.
Finally someone speaking sense! Great presentation.
Some of the questions from these woke cultists just show how unbelievably uninformed they are. Their own questions show that they haven't researched both sides of the topic.
It is unfortunate that John didn't mention any the neo-Nazi activates in Ukraine, which is another cause of this war.
Many people here would be happier listening to someone reading a press release from DC.
I am following every John Mearsheimer speech about geopolitics because I hear the voice of education multiplied to wisdom. I want to thank the The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies team for giving a platform for such a rare chance for alternative vision, which is rare in nowadays. I agree with professor Nicolas Guilhot introduction speech where he indicates an intellectual blockade of any alternative discussion not just in public media but in academic fields as well. Thank you.
There are so many people out there talking who are less crusty and who are actually talking sense, it's hard to believe that you are watching everything Mearsheimer says.
@@barrynewlander1469 agree, always be sceptical and question stuff. I would never believe one guy verbatim just cos he's popular or famous. Doesn't matter how many titles and books they have. I think this kind content is mostly entertainment, I think the reasons that are closer to the truth will be a peer reviewed article, essay or book that dives deep into this.
True, world needs more putins
"Did Germany support the Iraq war?
France, Germany and Russia were from the very outset publicly opposed to a US-led war. As the US took a more militaristic position, these three nations' governments became increasingly outspoken in opposition to the invasion"
Defensive short range weapons. If acted against adolf, no ww2. Lesson from hist. nip it in bud.
@@RavingFan 8 years before Germany invaded Czechoslovakia, which country started killing 16000 German citizens on it's territory? NATO's intervention in Yugoslavia was prompted by Yugoslavia's bloodshed and ethnic cleansing of Albanians. Why didn't NATO intervene to stop Ukraine's killing of It's Russian ethnic minority?
@@ldragon8erBush jr, wasn't brightest. Current Putin resp. carpet bomb Mauriupol (civilians). Soon, EU inundated by hungry Africans (weaponize food). Putin - true humanitarian.
@@RavingFan Putin's a gentle kitten compared to his mentors. "
The B-52s were restricted to bombing suspected Communist bases in relatively uninhabited sections, because their potency approached that of a tactical nuclear weapon. A formation of six B-52s, dropping their bombs from 30,000 feet (9,100 m), could "take out"... almost everything within a "box" approximately five-eighths mile (1.0 km) wide by two miles (3.2 km) long. Whenever Arc Light struck ... in the vicinity of Saigon, the city woke from the tremor..
Neil Sheehan, war correspondent, writing before the mass attacks to heavily populated cities including North Vietnam's capital.[25]
"
Mariupol wasn't carpet bombed.
Ukraine forces set up firing points in apartment buildings, so during fights against them those particular buildings got damaged
That was the most painful Q&A session I have ever seen. These people are supposed to be intellectuals but they showed very little intellect through their questions. Notice how many of them never brought up a counter-argument to Dr. Mearsheimer's nor asked relevant questions. Instead, they resorted to attacking him personally. This was a shame.
Lady learn how to ask a question... So frustrating...
They are no intellectuals. They are followers, functionaries, nothing else. They repeat their implanted propaganda like school kids in communist regimes. And they don't allow themselves to see the bigger picture, even when it is directly presented to them.
Any disturbance of their implanted picture will be met with fear and aggression.
That guy asking for sources was funny though, he was literally shaking.
@@DirkusTurkess the little skinny Woody Allen guy?
My highest respects to Prof. Mearsheimer, both professionally and as a man. He must have known the kind of audience he was going to face. And if he didn't, then all more my respects by his composure and ability to answer fake and highly disrespectful questions to the point of being unethical.
A fake question is one not meant to ask but to reject an argument or person, like questioning his credentials and research. That's a question so open that doesn't have an answer, only a proper reply (if possible). They all had the obligation to know Prof Mearsheimer was talking on a topic he has studied and followed by probably decades!
-Questions after min 1:44:35 by the jerk in yellow trousers (Jeff I think) were pure smugness and condescension, and delusional as well regarding Putin feeling threatened by democracy. The USA is not democratic! There is a wide consensus about it amongst Americans of sorts.
What Putin (and several other non-western leaders) is the manipulation by the USA of democratic movements to cause chaos and place new governments subject to the USA. Latin America is full of experiences where the USA continually manipulates the media to get his way or suppress political dissidents.
-Questions after 1:47:39 were pure condescension. UA-cam doesn't allow me to mention her name.
The people who made these questions are educated citizens, attending or lecturing in colleges from "developed" nations. Yet, their knowledge and take on the issue is just the same as your regular John and Jane Doe from watching massive mainstream media: deny all responsibility from the West. Their academic job is to question and face objection. The only one doing his job was Prof. Mearsheimer.
That is so true, what you said. It seems so hard for this audience just to step a bit sideways from the widely accepted theories.
Read my comment above ☝
Whilst you are right about the failings of US democracy it is not just the US promoting democracy over authoritarian dictstorship. People like democracy. Just ask the East Germans who risked getting shot by the regime Putin was an active member of. And he was aware of growing unrest in his own country. Like Belarus !! Mearsheimer puts together a logical sequence but does cherry pick his quotes. He fails to place any importance on the false claims of genocide and liberating Ukraine from the nazi rule. These were in Putin’s own words his reason for his ”special military operation”
Thank you for this comment, spot on.
Based on what little of Mearsheimer's drivel I have subjected my senses to, I can only imagine the nature of the commentary. Hopefully Mearsheimer was miserable and will go home and rethink his life.
John is an absolute Chad, standing tall and totally jolly while the gremlins throw their pebbles at him.
It is a beauty to watch, and he's turned himself into somewhat of a hero of mine.
Wtf are you on, mate? This is how we've been acquiring knowledge all along: somebody proposes an explanation/theory for something and the rest of us have to attack that explanation to see if it hold to the scientific scrutiny. John is doing what every intellectual has been doing for centuries and I don't really understand what's so heroic about it? 😄
@@suspendedtwice4sayingrasis261 those evil gremlins turned up to quietly listen in their little gremlin seats and ask timely questions. Didn't you see the pebbles they were throwing?! Think we watched a different video tbh
@@Nick-rh4bx I think we watched the same video. The only difference is that I wasn't having a psychotic episode in that very moment.
the best video I've seen. Most news about Ukraine is along the lines of: "look how this tank was destroyed, look at this bridge blow up, look at this..."
Try the Duran
I stopped watching msm news on Ukraine War. It seemed like I was in a room full of snotty 14 year olds.(Isn't there an age limit for commenting on UA-cam?)🤦🏼♀️
@@regant.cameron8237 Excellent channel
I particularly find some of the questions been asked by audience interesting: reveals how unrealistic academics see the world and formulate their presumptious questions
B-B-B-BUT PUTLER IS AFRAID(!!) OF DEMOCRCY!!! 😭
Putin is not allowing Ukraine to become NATO's member. I don't know how you equal this to "democracy". In fact I can't even be sure that US or EU are the best example of successful democracy, if you recognize the cancel culture, the manipulation to their own population and bullying to others (Kosovo, Afghan, Syria, Lydia, Iraq, and the endless list of countries being sanctioned )
@Aditya Chavarkar At last! A rational adult mind!
@Aditya Chavarkar Is the west “democratic”? Is it democratic to vote for a candidate that is pre-selected to favor the interests of global finance capitalism to the detriment of working people? Do people believe their vote matters over that of the wealthy? Is that democracy, sold to the highest bidder?
@Aditya Chavarkar Russia has plenty of candidates to vote for. But because Putin rebuilt their country and saved, the Russians love him and keep voting for him.
Meanwhile what do you have in the US? 2 parties that are controlled by the same deep state institutions. And everyone that wants to offer an alternative gets bombarded with lawsuits.
Is this real democracy? It isn't even that the Americans like any of their choices.
It's always a choice between plague and cholera. And the person that gets the most funding by these oligarchical institutions wins.
Is this real democracy?
If this is real democracy then I'd be also afraid of it. I'd prefer a leader that acts in the will of his people to better his country. And not to suck it dry
Victoria Nuland. $5.5 Billion worth of US State Dept dark money. The end.
We never saw prices double on gas and everything when there was a war in other countries or even when we were at war. We also never had Russia be able to control our oil supply, baby food supply, and the mysterious destruction of our food processing facilities.
Ask China about that
In 30 yrs, Ukraine not allowed nato membership.
I remember Barack said that the sanctions destroyed Russia and brought it to its knees in 2014,
and in 2022 it turns out that Russia controls everything
What are you getting at? Oil prices are shooting up as blowback from the clever sanctions policy and economic warfare against Russia
@@ebflegg No oil is up because demand is up and supply is down, while we wait for climate change to change, Russia is annexing the Alaskan oil fields, comrade....
I just love how "democracy" always gets used in the context of some kind of weapon. Also the guy with the beard (Jeffrey?) said how Russia was afraid by the Ukrainian "democracy" (obtained by reversing the result of democratically held elections in 2014), totally missing the irony of his statement. This has to be the most insanely idiotic thing I have ever heard.
Hahah and how he was cocky and disrespectful. Disgrace...
The Ukrainian "democracy" is best seen in their persecution of minorities, ban on the use of the Russian language, banning the Russian-speaking opposition politicians from participating, not to mention the active investment, nurturing and harboring Ukrainian ultranationalist and neonazi ideology in politics, society and the military.
I was more insulted with the yellow shorts he wore to this lecture, it was just as idiotic as the comments leaving his mouth. It was also utterly disrespectful of that Jeffrey guy to leave the room before even hearing Professor Mearsheimers response which means he only wanted to geat on his soapbox.
Ukraine never had democracy its a myth, greatly cortupt and torn and robbed by Ukrainian oligarch and total poverty for ordinary people.
Altough I am a Westerner, a European, I will hate the West for telling me I need to be an enemy of Russia. I grew up on classical Russian literature and I like Russia. No one is telling me whom to like.
It seems to me that no-one is down on Russians, just Putin and his regime.
Ah, back in the day before Russian art and literature, film, were banned. And when people actually read and understood.
hungery is in eastern europe, same as serbia, we are not west
@@nikolic-sq5rx You are so wrong. 1. Hungary was never eastern europe, its central europe. 2. West here refers to a cultural entity not geography
Me too!
The actual lecture starts at 11:29.
Thank you
thanks Carl, you are an esteemable citizen of UA-cam and the internet.
at 16:40 the lecturer ignores Putins speach a week ago, when he explained to young enterpreneurs in Russia his goal of collecting lands like Peter the great did.
@@paul7bana you ignored to watch the entire lecture.
@@jeremyperala839 Thank you for the kind words! :-D
Prof. Mearsheimer, you are a jewel in the landscape of ordinary pebbles! Thank you for your bravery.
I like your comments!
But one question... if the US policy of NATO expansion towards Russia is "crazy" then it would seem that there is a hidden hand behind it! And that hidden hand suggest itself as the elephant in the room which is seldom if ever talked about; that being the elite agenda for a NWO and "World Government"
Bravery? He is completely confused and his values are misaligned.
There is nothing brave in repeating disproven theories. Once Ukraine offered neutrality (or earlier when Germany blocked NATO expansion) Putin's demands should be over. But they aren't.
He lost on 24feb, 'realist' theories were disproven. So? He didn't reflect. He changed into 'training with NATO instructors makes you a de facto member - absurd!!!
I don't see him as brave. I see him as a knowledgeable man, willing to speak out, make himself unpopular to those that are, 'Supporting the current thing', and having a broader understanding of situations. Whether it be enpowered by money or power, (Very closely linked), or by politics, the situation is far more complex than the so-called msm journalists appear to realise. The msm just replace the history of something with their own narrative on the side of the majority, perpetuated by their own loop of ignorance and affinity to them that are in charge at that time.
Knowledge is power.. more power to him!
This lady interviewer is asking why Ukraine and not Georgia?
My question for you is, why Iraq and not Saudi Arabia? (I.e. Why dis the US invade Iraq and not SA etc.?)
Respects to Prof John meirsheimer for standing his line despite enormous pressure from the Neo-Cons.
No respect whatsoever. A bigger person would have admitted they were wrong by now …
Sadly the satanic US leaders are blood thirsty who want to flirt with Worl war 3. Russia is superpower grave yard: Napoleon, Hitler and now liberal democracy. Vive la Russie ! ! !
@@looper3117 A person like you perhaps
Totally agree. His whole premise has been proven wrong. As has Angel Merkel’s time in office.
Both providing a foolish an dangerous revision of history and misunderstanding of putin and his regime.
Mearsheimer is just your generic cold warrior looking to start up cold-war 2.0 w/ china. His only real disagreement with Neocons is that he thinks we should ally with russia in that war.
This guy is a genius. He continuously says, "if you provide evidence that i am wrong then I will admit that I am wrong." Who says that today? No one in the room could provide any more compelling an argument than he did. I had no idea coming into this video what it would amount to but am really impressed with what he presented. The world needs more guys like him who have the courage to stand up present an argument that is well thought our and prepared and then take slings and arrows so gracefully. As for the casually dressed gentleman with the beard who tried to dispel his arguments with simple emotion and outrage. Well - next time perhaps it is you who should be more prepared.
Honestly, I was not impressed. He cherry picks narratives and oversimplifies to the level that his conclusions are just useless. I can only admit that the people asking questions at the audience were not up to match. Professor defines imperialism and security concerns in very narrow sense, which is far from modern understanding.
I would recommend you a recent Munk debate with professor, where the opposition came much better prepared. History teaches us that a world, in which powerful countries can do whatever is not a peaceful one.
Yeah that guy was weird tbh
@@justynakowal8943 I believe he deliberately avoided the modern understanding of imperialism because if he did, Uncle Sam would very much fit into that definition.
@@andrewzulu5101 What is the 'modern definition' of imperialism if not aggressively building an empire through conquest?
@@andrewzulu5101 both Uncle Sam and Russian bear would very much fit into it and probably to some extent also Chinese panda. On the other hand, I do not think there is a single country, which is imperialistic in old terms of territorial conquest nowadays.
That questioner sitting in the front with glasses and white shirt: “Putin is afraid of democracy!” Never heard a stupider question
what a sensible view
This lecture should be showed and discussed in all schools and universities as of TODAY, not tomorrow...when it may be too late...
They won't let that happen that would risk ending capitalism
Well, the Comedian is everywhere.
Speaking like a parrot, I mean a puppet,
to naive audiences.
@@Bright-It Who’s the puppet???
The Washington neocons will never acknowledge Mearsheimer..He is lucid, rational, knowledgeable and able to do a 'geopolitics presentation for idiots'.. hearing him speaks is a pleasure
The neocons are all Zionist, we know who they really care about
Not only not acknowledged, he has been shunned and ostracized for speaking the truth.
Same with real, unpalatable experts like to sorely missed Stephen F. Cohen.
The Neocons ARE the reason for the policies of Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden. The Neocons salivate at the promotion of war especially with Russia. But they will never risk their lives fighting any war. Instead they are the architects of war and get their power from wars that others fight.
@@elmersbalm5219
Check Scott Ritter
On a first thought: I'm amased this is still on youtube.
On a second: oh, yeah...it's too long and complex to comprehend for ppl. No big deal on staying..
Bold geezer. Respect.
Why isn't American LNG vs Russian natural gas not being mentioned as the main factor behind military deployments and diplomatic strategies? US started framing Europe gas imports as "a dependency" to avoid and an "urge" for alternatives the moment they found themselves with a huge surplus thanks to fracking their own soil to unlivability and tainted their own water undrikable
I loved how Meirsheimer demolished the Social Science professor in the back of the room, based on basic military strategy metrics. Scott Ritter has made similar points.
One acquaintance of mine is trying to get a degree in social sciences in very same Florence, if not in that same institution. Well... his perception of this matter is also... very misguided, so to speak. That's the state of social sciences these days.
This guy was a total catastrophy
Position of that guy in the back of room is opening eyes on how social science is under the treat in the world of media domination. He was so much aggressive and completely not open to anything contradicting to his opinion.
@@VasilyKiryanov just because one hot-head made a fool doesnt invalidate the whole social science field. Thats why IR constructivists came about; with a mix of social sciences evidence based theories which were in the dead-angle of Realists. Mersheimer was very polite in not dismissing social sciences and even admited not beeing keen on nuances...wich is kinda important when doing research.
Such a clown, he sounded like he was gonna cry
A french writer just came out with a book about "The Military-Intellectual Complex". Some people in that audience are representative of that Complex.
John Mearsheimer shut down everyone as soon as he spoke of his military career and his knowledge and study of wars. The man rocks.
What is the name of the Writer?
Yes! Yes! Yes!. One of the questions was asked by a professor who kept on pontificating "democracy". Democracy for who? What everyday person in Europe has had their lives improved from NATO actions in Libya or Afghanistan? At best in Europe we get social democracy yet still its a small band of elites serving US empire that are running our foreign policies.
@@skepticmonkey6923 Scott Ritter, former US Marine Corps and UN weapons inspector in Iraq, made exactly the same point. Google his numerous UA-cam videos
@N M please explain
His lecture is based on misrepresentation of facts. His theories are debunked and narrative fell apart after Russian invasion, when Putin received all guarantee that Ukraine won't be part of NATO and still invaded.
He is intellectually bankrupt. Check recent Munk debate where he was crushed by Radek Sikorski
I see the third paradox here. Professor does his best to tell the world that nuclear war is almost inevitable. Just put yourself in his boots: sitting in the heat... fully dressed... in front of audience of thirty people... and that people are throwing sh*t on you, not even trying to hear the core point of your message. Every last one must listen to the Professor breathless, because nuclear war will affect EVERYONE on this planet!!! People must care about preventing nuclear war, not about "if Professor is wrong". If Professor is wrong - lucky for us! But what if he is right??? Ask yourself "What if he is right? What will I be doing if tomorrow nuclear war begins." What will you be care of then???? I'M TAKING A BOW FOR PROFESSOR EFFORTS!
I am surprised at how under educated he is in military matters. Russia definitely intended to take all of Ukraine. They did the closest thing to a blitzkrieg that they could and attacked along every axis of every border of Ukraine. The only reason they only attacked with 200,000 people and didn’t get the whole country is that they literally don’t have the people to do it. They removed their conscription age and are now admitting unfit men into their military to make up for losses. They also felt the need to keep their borders and Moscow defended from possible NATO counter attack. Make no mistake they would have taken all of Ukraine if they could have and they’re slowly on their way to doing so.
A key takeaway from the questions in this for me is that there are professional academics that are invested in the theory of Russian imperialism happening in Ukraine while they ignore the fact of American imperialism happening in NATO.
We'll take American 'imperialism' in NATO over a thuggish kleptocracy like the Putin regime - any day of the week! How many people migrate to Russy-a in a year? (Forcibly bussing thousands of Ukrainians to Russy-a doesn't count! )
Russia has been patient and kept restraint with Ukraine for 8 years as goodwill just find itself abused and bullied continuously. The US and its NATO stooges have made the big mistake to use Ukraine as puppet abd proxy to wage war of attrition against Russia that could end very badly for them.
KTA for me is the questioners are deluded idiots such as 1:46:00. Also half of them are shabbily dressed in cargo pants and t-shirts, beards. In a feminine, uptalking voice:
"Anyone who studies Russian politics, right that in Putin's own words... that the existential threat is democracy". Yes, when you're in a war and the enemy is fully engaged in cognitive warfare for regime change, democracy can become an existential threat. Even with 10% fraud toward United Russia, we may say that Russia is democratic. Do Russians have real political alternatives to UR? Probably. Do Westerners have meaningful alternatives to liblab slop? Not really. Australians just had an election and a centre-left party won. Does Albanese publicly advocate for Julian Assange? he says he does so in private channels, which means he does not. Will he publicly denounce the treatment of this Australian citizen? Of course not.
Russia might be more democratic than Australia despite 10% systemic fraud.
American imperialism ? does not seek to take over other nations by force and then hold on to them forever while robing them of all their natural minerials and energy.
No mention of what War-like intentions were brought to light by being a member of NATO other than economic prosperity and self reliance.and democracy for Ukrainian people.
Gosh, even after such a marvelous speech and thoughtful explanation the audience still remained clueless. America is lost.
well they are in Florence Italy, you seem clueless to that.
Scott Ritter in a recent video described "good, decent" Americans as the most ignorant people in the world. However, he added, "they wake up at the pump".
It is the power of the media to sway opinions and install propaganda into the human mind. To me this proves one thing, Europe STILL longs for war. Europe should be disbanded of all weapons and military organizations for the benefit of the world
You're thinking right. It is astonishing.
Mearsheimer is American. The audience is in Europe. So do you mean Mearsheimer is lost? or Europe is lost???? Maybe you are lost?
I wonder how long it will take before this information "will be lost" to the general public.
An excellent analysis, I think, and great to see someone having the guts to go against the accepted narrative with facts.
Alleluia!! The TRUTH!!
Mearsheimer is concise and insightful as always, but the host (Hoffman) makes a mockery of what should have been an impartial discussion. She can't even pose a simple question without tainting it with overt bias and her personal insecurities.
She was dead -on, as well as ALL of the follow-up questioners who put Mr. M. in the proper place - on the WRONG side of the issue. BOOM!!!!
@@thor9563 ? I'm not sure what point you're even attempting to make with your comment, given how poorly written it is -- but if your intent is to imply that somehow Mearsheimer is wrong and these globalist neocon/neoliberal war-hungry lunatics are on the "right side" of the issue, you're as delusional as they are.
At least we got some biography from Mearsheimer when he answered her questions - and a Geopolitics 101 master class!
She also said that Putin thinks that everything that is not Russian is Nazi, which is just not been aware of basically anything.
@@SrJurado When she said that, I figured that she's either embarrassingly uninformed or intentionally spewing propaganda. There is no middle ground with such a ridiculous comment.
The lady talks too much she should have been short and concise with her questions professor JM is very versed in geopolitical Ukraine issues he has been right all along I hope the bullies should listen to his analysis and tone down and stop the Damocles hammer of a nuclear war hanging over the world thank you professor as usual concise and clear 🙏🌺
her management of the questions was a disaster, like a schizo- fatty at the buffet, just loading up plates with flavors that don't match, and heaping portions of dishes you've already tasted.
She was spot on in calling Mr. M. (Putine's mouth piece). Existential Threat INDEED! NATO was formed to protect civilization against an existential threat - Russy-a. And NATO (not a country) is a CLUB of democratic capitalist rule of law states that is spreading across Europe and Putine is scared to death of what HIS PEOPLE will do to him when they see a prosperous free democratic Ukraine at their border. They will do a Caucescu on Putine and his mafia gang!
@@thor9563 full of sound and fury, yet signifying nothing.
Have you, or anyone else, forgot that the US has actually USED nuclear weapons against Japan, even thought US was NOT losing that war againt Japan!?
هذا الرجل من اعظم الباحثين في السياسة الدولية
After listening, the Western narrative unfortunately is not in line with most of the Global South. The question on Syria, Iraq, Libya can also be directed towards the West and in particular US.
I would like you to expound on this, please. I feel l am ignorant on what you are speaking about...
Prof. John J. Mearsheimer you are the conscience of the USA. Unfortunately, brave men are too rare to avoid tragedies. However, your action is absolutely necessary to prevent global hatred from falling on the USA.
We already hated you before this gentleman was born...!
😀😀😀
Sorry to say!
Hes makin up alot of bullshit
@@harrybaulz666 Please enumerate them, so that we will have the opportunity to debunk it.
What he says is true. The biggest risk right now is the West doubling down as the war is not going well for Ukraine. Could easily spiral. Better to call it what it is and cut losses.
@@harrybaulz666 Idiot
Kudos To Prof. Mearsheimer for dealing with that disrespectful Kindergarten so well.
This was a great talk, the Q&A by neolib grad students is aggressive and Prof Mearsheimer sheds it like water off a ducks back. His interpretation is so obviously true when you're not subject to the illusions of western thought.
its not western thought as it had not been western for two centuries. It is banker backed Hegelian thought.
@Unpaved Man I had to stop the vid & look at comments bc she was going on and on and on....
Very disappointing from John. Putin is an unstable man. All the politicians and journalists that were either threatened, poisoned or shot and he says we must take him on his word. Talks about NATO being an existential threat but never mentions the lie about chasing men around with Nazi tattoos . Remember that's why this so-called special operation was initiated. John it's time you be honest. Putin only cares about his position, his dictatorship. Losing tens of thousands of troops just to maintain his leadership.and power. A quite clear farcical system where he always is re-elected almost unopposed.
'we have now sunk to the depth where restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men'
@@dmitry811 Where's the lie? Forward it to Prof Mearsheimer and he'll change his arguments.
You can try and blame either sides but you cannot ignore this man. Washington were deliberate in pushing aggressive policies towards Russia. West look inwards, blaming others solve nothing.
US politicians are getting more and more crazy
Nonsense, and quite obvious nonsense at that.
@@ezbody In one respect I agree with you and in another I agree with SJ.
He can't be ignored, his analysis of American liberal doctrine and behaviour is spot on. I recently saw a lecture he gave at Yale in Nov 2017 and some of what he said could have been said only weeks ago. His understanding of the American foreign policy establishment is pretty much flawless.
*BUT AND ITS A HUGE BUT* this man is part of the other side of American political ideology "realists" who are some of the most disgusting ideologically driven people the planet has ever seen. At the core of their ideology is that the world is not benevolent its driven by selfishness so we should embrace selfishness. This man and others gave birth to the neo-conservatives who gave us the Invasion of Iraq.
One of his fellow geniuses at the University of Chicago was Milton Friedman the person who birthed the term "Greed is good" and claimed live on the Phil Donahue that "all innovation is driven by greed" which is a ridiculous claim.
So you are both right, his analysis is pretty good from the American side but also not right on much of the Russian side. If you listen to any of the Russian born native Russian speakers (people like Julia Ioffe, Konstantin Kisin, Masha Gesen,... etc) and their analysis of Putin you get a much better perspective on Russian thinking.
@@tonywilson4713
What annoys me most is that this fraudulent "professor" basically takes the Russian propaganda narrative, which has no connection with reality whatsoever, and presents it as the truth, pretending that as a professor he did his due diligence researching this material, acting both, as a researcher and an educator, while being nothing more, but a regular PR person -- he is just a spin-doctor, a mouthpiece for the Kremlin.
@@ezbody Oh yeah there's an awful lot of Russian apologist in this. That's why I said people need to listen to some of the Russian born commentators. I listed several who all have slightly different takes on parts but also some common thoughts on Russian society that is NOT the same as western society.
Konstantin Kisin made the point that Russian society puts the society above the individual. He gave as an example the WW2 cemeteries in Europe. The Americans, Brits, Australians, French all have individual named graves. In Berlin there's 1 grave with over 20,000 Russians in it with not even a list of names. He said it goes back to the Russian climate where you survive as a community or you don't survive.
Konstantin did a panel discussion with other Brits at the start of the conflict and he made the rest of them look stupid and uneducated. parts of it are on his Triggernometry channel here on YT.
I wish the Professor could come to the UK and make a few of his fine speeches. I am disabled but I would make every effort I can to attend. We don’t have anybody like him here or if we do they are effectively shut down by the cancel culture that is predominant here currently. I am a firm believer in free speech however unpalatable some things people say are. I would rather rely on citizens arguing against an objectionable position than shutting them down. If democracy is all its cracked up to be then people should be able to express their views without fear of reprisals and democracy should be capable of handling free speech!
Unfortunately, UK is playing the role of 'bulwark' of the aggressive USA foreign policy in Europe and lectures deviating from the government narrative will not be welcome. Freedom of speech in UK is very limited.
Check out Duran channel and Alexander Merocouris - their analysis is impeccable, Alexander (based in UK) often refers to John M
Just a few years ago The Guardian, not exactly a bastion of the free speech itseelf, was reporting on the dangers of the spread of Nazizm in Ukraine, and Azov camps for children brainwashing them with FarRight, White Power, Nazi ideology.
@@Nick_S0 I call the UK the USA’s tethered goat!
@@postmanlondon ACTUALLY it is the other way around, USA is a nothing berger, just the goffa...... THE ROYALS hold all the aces. Pity USA /americans dont stop talking long enough to do something constructive to stop this BS.
Great speech, thanks for uploading and not closing comments. I get mr. Mearsheimer's ideas, and would like to see a proper discussion with him, because those questions were pathetic. "How many sources you looked at?" Really? What a narrative.
even the way this question was phrased says a lot about its author
I urge anyone in doubt to visit Ukraine, Russia and Donbass areas (in that order) to understand more about what's really happening
Academics asking each other questions: “I have a question for you but first I’m going to offer three minutes of setup to show you that I’m a serious thinker who is deeply qualified to be in this room and asking you questions.”
It's pretty cringe, they think they're all so intelligent when actually they're no more intelligent than you or I.
As a theoretical physicist in academic research, my ideal was always Richard Feynman. No nonsense, to the point, and if you can't explain the most complicated topic imaginable to a non expert with something like a graduate degree, it's your understanding that is lacking, not his.
That, plus I like to imagine the sum total of all hourly wages in the room as a clock on the wall, and a question ought to cost less than a grand.
@@fooanonymous Now that I've found a very decent thread, I feel better, and can go. My thanks to the three of you.
John J. Mearsheimer speech would stand the test of time for future generations to view history with unbiased views and judge things that caused the conflict... great speech prof!
He is brilliant but his discourse is no different than that of other intellectuals who carry opposing points of view. Furthermore, his argument is over ten years old and full of holes - quite frankly it needs an update and possible pivot. “Existential crisis” and Putin quotes are getting tiring.
@@nuttybrownie and completely wrong. It's the same as the US going into Iraq for WMDs. Misleading to get the oil. Donbas has oil and gas reserves equal to Russia.
i want to tell those students: we, the rest of the world, don't see US as the leading wise country of the humanity the one in charge of everything, but we see US as a crazy monkey waving a grenade inside a room full of disarmed kids
Excellent comment 👌🏻
@@virginialopezmartinez1510 thank you
This is the voice of realism and deeply understanding world's geopolitical processes. Thank you, Professor.
Today, July 2nd, the world can celebrate Roswell's 75th anniversary. Yes, dear people, that was no balloon, no crashtest-dummies, no UFO. But logically a manned star spaceship with so-called gray occupants. Discoverer extraterrestrials on on 1/17/95. Johann Zdebor
You’re a warrior Prof Mearsheimer facing this group think paranoid assembly.
I agree.
Yes!
The questions were really stupid.
"The West, led by the Americans believe they've been entrusted by God to decide the fate of other people. the US prefers not to be guided by International Law but by the rule of the gun. They have come to believe in their own exceptionalism, believing that they can decide the destinies of the world and that only they can ever be right" -Putin
Not even close to a true statement and no, I'm not from the United States. 1. A vast percentage of the United States don't believe in God and their leftism is obviously not of religion or god worship. 2. Most actual religious people of the U.S., people like me, could care less what the rest of the world does. All I care about is my community, my freedom, my family and our land. 3. What aggression the west is involved in is done by a small minority of politicians and bankers and it's on the Global scale that these decisions are made whether you or I like it or not. 4. I truly believe other nations should get their own shit together, I wouldn't pay dime to taxes to be involved in other countries affairs for any reason. 5. I suppose being Canadian I really am an American just not of the US and my biggest concern is the shit hole Commie Government in my own country and the fight we have coming. So no, I don't give a shit about the destinies of other nations, frankly they can rot in hell, starve, succeed, live in caves, be socialist or communist or whatever they want and if their people aren't happy, which I'm sure they aren't, they should fight back, not us. If your Governments or Dictators make shitty business deals with us that's your problem the same way if I make shitty deal with a local businessman that's my problem. All people should be 100% self sufficient and working their own land, there shouldn't be any dependence on anyone and therefore no opening for evil to extort you, all people should suffer the consequences of their actions and they should be responsible for themselves and they should pass or fail by their own devices, everywhere should be a meritocracy. 6. Right, well Europe couldn't stop fighting each other in a major war every twenty years or so before the US reluctantly entered the second world war, so, it's really been a pretty good run. The world brought the US into the fighters circle, the US wanted to just stay home and take care of themselves, for the most part, before that conflict. Careful what you ask for. 7. This is a tricky one, I completely believe that all Governments are now evil but I still love the way of life we live or expect to live in North America and anyone who doesn't is an evil prick who just wants to control others. 8. Take for example a society that subjugates their woman, beats them like animals and kills them if someone else rapes them, well, that's just rapist/serial killer society in my opinion but if that's what you build it's all yours. Now, I am a right winger but I don't own any women in my life and I don't make decisions for them, they are free like everyone else to do what or even who they want, the consequences of their actions belong to them not me. You see, what I'm getting at is that most other cultures and nations out there are run by or Governed by people who's only desire is to control others and if that's your desire then you're evil. Again, stay in your dog house and/or own yard and I could care less but the problem with those desiring more all the time, just more and those who desire to control others can't resist stepping off their own yard and trying to control everyone else around them. We should get rid of all authority institutions everywhere and if we end up fighting like tribes in a field so be it, at least the casualties are low, they don't effect the entire world, they don't poison the entire world forever and the matter is settled quickly. 8. As far as exceptionalism goes well, they do win a lot of medals at the Olympics and that's because they understand that you should work hard for success and success is a good thing. As a Canadian I can't stand our attitude of participation is all that matters and everyone gets a medal, or sportsmanship or our reputation for being "nice". Screw that, I compete hard to win and second is first of the losers, I do the same thing at work and only losers and whiners and lazy people expect something for nothing. So, overall, the U.S. has been exceptional in many ways. The only civilization on earth to guarantee rights in a Constitution to their people and worshipping a God is up to each individual,,,,it's a choice. Don't you worry, the leftists are trying to turn into a shithole Commie Dictatorship and you should hope they lose because those kind of people never run out of steam when it comes to butting into other people's business.
So, and now this means that Putin can do the same and he shouldnt be condemned for it? Putin is the same type of subhuman like Bush.
"the Americans believe they've been entrusted by God to decide the fate of other people" .
of course you need to understand that the Military Industrial Complex is America's God.
America has its back against the wall.
They owe the Chinese so much that they cannot and do not want to repay them. The new alliance that has been formed between China, Russia and India is taking advantage of the opportunity to snatch the rank of world reserve currency from America.
That's why the war in Russia, to weaken Putin, which didn't work. (Of course, they don't dare to go to China and India is to become the new production site.) It is currently unclear where the journey will lead. It is not yet clear who has the best tactics, strategies and weapons. What did Sting sing: I hope the Russians, Chinese and Indians love their children too.
@@whiteflag1000 -"The new alliance that has been formed between China, Russia and India is taking advantage of the opportunity to snatch the rank of world reserve currency from America"
It is far more the case that the US dollar is totally hellbent on self-destruction than anyone taking advantage of an opportunity.
The question that included asking Prof. Mearsheimer to prove his research was such a childish attempt. Can't believe it was attempted in such a forum.
Excellent response to the aggressive and impolite “expert” that inquired about John’s credentials to dispute John’s assertion that 190k soldiers are not enough to invade Ukraine. John has been in West Point and completed other military service on top of his research. If the “expert” would have put aside his ideology and meet any Army Academy where military strategy is taught, he would have gotten the same response.
He is an angry transsexual and deranged Democrat and fanatical Hillary Clinton supporter who hates Trump and Putin. Just an ordinary American who has invaded Europe with his simplistic views (democracies vs. autocracies) and dangerous ideology of confronting nuclear superpower Russia.
Indeed, that person exposed his ignorance, arrogance and meanness. Don't know how he gets his academic titles.
@@ruizhang2452 In United States you don't earn your degree with hard work and knowledge. But you earn it with money. Besides that higher education system in US is on the level of elementary school in continental Europe.
So you are saying Mearsheimer bought his knowledge?? And his European critics are much brighter than he is???
@@nuttybrownie nobody respects this hack outside of kremlin fan boy circles
John Mearsheimer what a brave man… most people get labeled a Putinist if you lay out facts on Ukraine
Labels are the best arguments they got it seems.
@@yianpap6093 exactly! Don’t want to face nato is an imperialist organization
That's because you folks are not honest about Russia.
Probably because he really comes across as russian/putin apologist 🤷
@@MissAnastasiyaD Only to people who are too mentally weak and think a label is a valid argument.
Excellent presentation!
I'm a bus operator in a big city and a few days ago this white foreigner was on my bus who had a slight attitude and huge accent when I told him he needed to exit the bus because I had arrived at the terminal. As he was exiting my bus I noticed he was wearing a shirt with Azoz battalion, Nazi, swastika and insignia with the letters and numbers A30B. I was shocked because I had only seen these symbols online but never in real life. I couldn't believe how these foreign Nazi's are already here in America.
The Canadian finance minister and deputy prime-minsiter Chrystia Freeland appeared at a march of Ukrainians in Toronto wearing a scarf with the printed Ukrainian Nazi salutation. That caused some kind of storm in the media. Since then, she is hiding in the closet.
These symbols mean something else in each country. When a war is waging, you see people react on it in different ways. For instance: the Croats still had some problems with the Serbs. As a consequence, many Croats fought with the Germans against the Serbs, who got support from the Russians. When the dust settled, the Germans and Croats lost the war. The Russians won. So, Croatia had to endure a communistic dictatorship for the next 50 years. But, when that dictatorship fell, the Croats and the Serbs went on fighting each other as if nothing had happened. This time the Croats were helped by the West, while the Russians didn't have the power to help the Serbs. Result: today Croatia is an independent country. Problem solved after more than 60 years. Something similar has happened in Ukraine. West-Ukraine wanted to free itself from the Russians. So they fought with the Germans. The East-Ukrainians wanted to be with Russia. So, they fought with the Russians. Russia won the war, so the West-Ukrainians had to live under a communist dictatorship for more than 50 years. But when that collapsed, the fight for independence went on. Culminating in Putin's invasion of Ukraine. I can tell you similar stories about Finland, the Baltic Republics, Flanders and so on. So, the world isn't so black and white, as you suppose.
@@dirkgonthier101
In most of Europe and many parts of the world it's illegal to display Nazi symbols, including Great Britain and Australia. However, I was surprised to learn that in Canada it's legal, only Holocaust denial is illegal - kind of a cognitive dissonance.
@@ABCABC-hd8iq Yeah, and in other European nations it's not illegal. So what? It's logical that the Anglo-Saxon countries think that it's illegal. Because the Nazis (and Japan) hit them so hard that they nearly lost their commanding role in the world. And, in the meantime, they made as much war-victims as the Nazis. So, what's the difference?
I heard quite a few shocking stories coming from New York in the 90s where Ukrainans had a rare parade with their swastikas. There was another story from another person where I heard someone else from Ukraine brag about their grandparents fighting for ss. It's goes on and on and theres some similar parades in Ukraine. Then there's the children natzi summer camps in ukraine videos where they do the strange salute. Something is wrong with these people. Chrystia Freelands grandfather was a nazi collaborator for Ukraine too.
That woman is insincere in that she is not really interested in trying to find out things or seek explanations but merely in advancing her own personal views and opinions. She should organize a forum where she will be the main speaker and see how that goes.
Agree.
Couldn’t help but notice how flippantly she said when talking about Russia’s aim to de-nazify Ukraine … that to Putin “ if your not Russian , you’re a Nazi “.
To which I would reply … no, to Russians , if you’re a Nazi , you’re a Nazi .
Seems to me that the west now thinks there are bad Nazis, but there are also not so bad nazis. Just the same as I Syria , there is bad ISIS and good ISIS ( moderate rebels ).
@@adrianelittle3759 She's Italian. Those people were fascists in WWII, part of Axis Powers. Flipped sides when Germany was losing. I guess we can be thankful that they were poor soldiers. Germany had to rescue Italy from its disastrous African campaign.thus sapping the Wehrmacht's strength.
Dr Mearsheimer, always executing that beatdown flawlessly. Citizens of America need to wake up, rub their eyes and really see their 'leaders' for who and what they really are.
Our leaders aren't the best but infinitely better than Russian and Chinese dictators 🤣
I did and have seen evil.
@@farzana6676 nah Amerikkkan leaders are trash 😂
Lots of Chinese people love their leaders you should go to China and listen to them.
@@farzana6676 stupid is as stupid does
@@farzana6676 btw, you have leaders? that's a funny joke
Profesor you are great! Excelente lecture! Woww you are so clear ! Thanks!
Professor John J's views is literally the views generally shared in Africa (especially South Africa). For us, the argument that US and Europe (NATO) are fighting for democracy is really strange and unbelievable. US and Europe were the last people to come to the table when we fought for democracy against apartheid literally 20 decades ago. Infact, those who were prominent in fight for democracy were on the terrorists' list in the US. It was only in 1998 that Nelson Mandela was removed from that list. On the contrary, Russia was amongst the few European countries who supported our struggle (not necessarily doing it for democracy but they were key in bringing about that democracy). We also have the US experience with Libya, the propaganda they used to destroy that country and later exploited it.
It’s the view that’s generally shared by everyone outside of EU, US, canada, Australia and NZ. West lives in a bubble and thinks everyone else sees things the way they do, hence they have no problem exporting their ideology and overthrowing governments they don’t like and are genuine astonished when someone speaks out against them.
@@janusjones6519 believe me, there are plenty of people in Europe who don't swallow the propaganda pumped out by our media and governments. I remember as a child 40 years ago my mother teaching us to always look at the packet of anything we bought to make sure it didn't come from South Africa or Israel.
As a Central European I‘m so glad and happy that you „wake up“ and become more independent from the west. That you stand up against that tyranny.
Mearsheimer has consistently stated Putin dreams of reforming greater Russia as just fairytales. That goes against what Putin has said consistently. Putin also tried to take over Kyiv which for some reason Mearscheimer denies in order prop up his points.
@@mychannel5019 True. Mearsheimer is disingenuous.
2:00:00 Remember the British, first NATO secretary, who said 70 years ago: "NATO has been made to keep Russians OUT, Americans IN and Germans DOWN." So far so good. Divide and reigns.
Guys the fact that we are amazed by someone who just speaks truth shows how bad and primitive our society in 2022 really is...I am talking about whole the world!!!!!!!!
nah, just the people in the US and Europe I think
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act
@@jasonuren3479 Dude we have long passed the point where words meant something, we are at the last stand it's all about deeds and courage, sadly people from the western countries have been lost but if they make sacrifice now maybe their children will have a chance of a better life in the future, if not, we sacrifice your children so the rest of the world can live better...You have been saved from N*zzis once and now you side with them , West have to be severely punished!!
Facts:
The Soviets surrendered.
The West rushed in to grab what they could under the drunken Yeltsin.
Putin came in and said, "Not so fast"
Bill and Hillary became miffed (where do you think the money for the Clinton Foundation came from?)
Bill moved NATO into the old Warsaw Pact countries
The West made Russia a pariah state
The West moved on to do business with the slave owning Chinese.
Ukraine has never been part of Europe. It has always been Russian, even after the cold war. This is just another attempt at regime change, because the last 6 years of lies didn't work. In the meantime, guess who witnessed the fall of the Soviet Union? Guess who learned how to topple governments without firing a shot? Ukraine is Russian and they are reclaiming it. Just ask the people in the Donbas. The West has shot its load of weapons into Ukraine and now has nothing for their own defense. But they don't need them. Vlad learned how to economically disable your opponent from the West. Don't believe me? Search BRICS. By removing Russia from SWIFT, you have flipped a switch that will ultimately lead to the downfall of the G7.
I could have saved everyone 2 hours.
Dr MEARSHEIMER , I THINK THE 3/4 OF THE WORLD , OUTSIDE THE "FREE , RICH , WORLD" UNDERSTANDS YOU CLEARLY. RESPECT !!
More like 85%
You're probably right , Haldir.
@@haldir3120 90%
1:47:37 - 1:49:37 holy shit lady. Next time you have a "question" I have a better idea, write a book! That was not a question it was a speech. People should keep questions short & concise. Makes everything easier to follow when questions are being asked in rapid fire multiple succession.
the cream of the crop
The best commentary on the USA.. err.. NATO, err... Ukraine-Russia 2022 war, so far. Prof Mearsheimer is a gem. I wish I could study International relations/ foreign policy under him & go to graduate school at the ripe age of 46!! Profs like him make the students love studying again
Go for it ESSM. I went back to school at 42 and got a masters degree.
You don't need a jeweler's glass to see this 'gem' is fake. The only 'realism' I saw in his speech was the reality that NATO is 'encroaching' upon the doorstep of an autocratic thug and he's been whining about it. NATO was conceived by democracies to counter an existential threat Russy-a. Now NATO and a liberated Ukraine will indeed be 'lil putine's 'existential threat'. BBBBBWWWWAAAAHAHHAHAH!!!
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A very wise professor with the reasonable thoughts, greetings from Russia.
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John is highly qualified in I R and is an authority in the field. His logic is so simple to understand that even a child can benefit from his lectures. Many people may disagree with him because of lack of knowledge of. history
Many people disagree with him because his ideas are 19th century.
IR theory is *theory*. John is not an expert on Russia. He does not know how to read Russian and has zero insight into Russian political dynamics. He is reshaping world events to fit into his *theory*.
@@keltz5028 Prove it?
Have you considered that the simplicity of his view is indicative of it being, well, simplistic and wrong?
@@triphan5535 Mearsheimer's "offensive realism" theory declares multipolar international systems are more stable than unipolar systems dominated by a hegemon (like the US). The closest historical example we have of such a multipolar system was the late 19th to early 20th centuries that featured several European powers (plus the US and Japan) and no hegemon.
*This period of history was also characterized by horrific warfare, culminating with the World Wars*. So Mearsheimer's admiration for such a violent and unstable system is rather perplexing.
I greatly appreciate this well informed man speaks out. We need very well informed people. Thank you so much!!!
@UC0S7C1Q50Pxfc0JrvD7jcPA yes I often do this too. I am not as well spoken as John Mearsheimer. All I can tell you is this mans voice is very important and very much worth to be heard. If you have the desire to be a well informed individual, I highly recommend you to take the time and listen this lecture. The world suffers the lack of this kind of sanity.
This is the same Professor who wrote the book with Professor Walt of Harvard “ Israel lobby and US foreign policy “ describing the critical influence of this lobby on Our involvement in the Iraq war
yeah he knows damn well it is forbidden to write books on Israel how he dare doing it ? We need to cancel him or this will go out of control brothers !
One of the best in my library. Along with "The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel".
Among many, many others.
Kinda conspiratory. It just happened that US interests were overlapping with Israel's interests.
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Oy vey, shut it down.
A balanced and considered speech thank you for hosting this event. Why on earth do people like the Professor not end up being in charge of things! I can guarantee that the West would not be in a proxy war in Ukraine.
Once upon a time, such men were in charge of the United States. We were successfully invaded though, and our government hijacked over 100 years ago. Now we're the puppet of the International banking cartel that has it's roots in Europe and the very 'nobles' the colonists fled and then rebelled against hundreds of years ago. (to put it simply)
Smart people don't end up in charge. Dumb people don't trust them.
@@Carubidul In fact, dumb and/or naive people don't realize that very smart and very evil people are in charge...
Incorruptible people rarely run nations
BECAUSE USA is run by demonic aliens who dont care a twat, all the destroyed countries, the scamdemics, the bio weapson, Ukraine, next they will have Australians fighting Chains for the piss weak USA who can fight its own fights.
Some of the questions by the other scholars made me actually lose braincells. Imagine calling the CIA backed coup in Ukraine in 2014 a push for democracy
Take what he says in account, together with our great leaders exposing us to a depression (energy crisis, economical crisis) while doing this.
These guys are unbelievable.
my only advice : be good citizens, understand how your politics work and elect decent people. This is what we can do. We are a democracy ... and a democracy is worth the degree of knowledge and responsibility of the average individual citizen. Move.
where are the decent politicians around at the moment? I only see WRF, UN, IMF, WHO's lackeys using corruption to get "elected" funny that it is happening worldwide, whilst ordinary, common people despise them!!!
America is not a democracy don’t you get it.
Yes, You said all possible legal options for individuals in the West. Unfortunately, that is not enough.
@@fizzybubblech2950 i understand your point of view ! The US has this problem of being lead by lobbies.
But your attitude is not constructive ... you have to be constructive and aim at changing the world to the level you can !!
we can influence them ... we can !!
I, for exemple, emailed my government, the 7 "bundestrat" about my disagreement with their policy.
They explained they had no choice !! pressures were immense. (i come from a small European country that is not in the EU)
@@tomcat9112 What kind of pressure ? I am sure - they are lying... We can hear similar story from Serbian president... and after checking the facts, people conclude that maybe there are some pressures from Germany. If we do not vote sanctions to Russia, they will consider closing some of green field investments from their companies (what happened with a free market economy :) ?! ) and some our workers could lose jobs... That is all. If there is something else, it is coming on personal level... of course - it is personal.The politicians are blackmailed... Just check background of these so called "leaders" in EU countries... It is obvious - they were targeted and pushed forward by some other power centers during their careers... I guess - they have to implement decisions and projects in order to achieve some goals of these centers in the shadows who take care about their careers. So - they are not voted by citizens and do not serve to citizens. If anyone do not believe into it, maybe should check on Biden health issues... We did not vote sanctions to Russia. It would make a serious riot in the country :).
I think that we have to remember that the war in Georgia started with the Georgian forces firing the first shots. I didn't believe that when I first read it, but the UN later did an investigation and concluded that, indeed, the Georgians had started the shooting? Why did they do that? Apparently, because Dick Cheney (whose former foreign policy advisor, Victoria Nuland, was the ambassador NATO at the Bucharest summit) told Saakashvili that they had American support. George Bush apparently then concluded that he actually was President of the United States, refused to support Georgia, and, according to people in the administration, all but stopped listening to Cheney after that event. So, it's worth mentioning that the US was, apparently, quite involved in starting the 2008 war as well.
True. Is Vickie at it again with Ukraine? It is highly likely that she is weaving another web.
@@crimestoppers1877 Nuland is slime.
And Kuwait
Best summary of the Ukraine conflict I've seen, and I've seen A LOT.
The one questioner was a total prick. I wish he answered his question right away in better detail
Absolutely agree with you, Michael. I have watched a lot too. This lecture must be heard by all western leaders. Maybe something positive will click in their brains.
a lecture full of pro-putin's bullshit
Alexander Mercouris at 'The Duran' also gives very insightful up-to-date comments.
They just had to poke the bear. Well now they know what happens
I hope people listen to this man. We are sleep-walking into nuclear catastrophe. After an apocalypse, what does it matter whether or not you were in the right beforehand? All that humanity will care about, is why didn't we do more to prevent it.
All they had to do was NOT provoke Russia. That's it. It's like provoking a caged Bear and then blaming the Bear for attacking when the cage door gets left open. These nebbish academics in the audience cannot get their minds around the fact that not everyone wants a "democratic" revolution in their country. Period. If there is relative stability, order, and peace, then is it really worth it to risk NUCLEAR WAR?!!!?
It's scary how people can be brainwashed into a frenzy, resulting them in choosing the most dangerous option imaginable. I guess history repeating is inevitable. Humanity wont make it past the great filter.
EXACTLY And also - no-one seems to be talking about the use of Chemical Weapons, which Putin has not hesitated to use in other conflicts, and will likely go to first - before nuclear.
@@linmonash1244 The Russians have used chemical weapons and other conflicts? Which ones? Where is the evidence?
The world is sadly slipping into a nuclear apocalypse as you said and it seems eerie that Europeans don't see that! But Mearsheimer is no angel. He just doesn't want to waste the fight with Russia but should be with China which he believes will undermine US hegemony. I don't understand why US must dominate over others and not cooperate to work to solve global challenges.