The United States is principally responsible for creating the crisis in Ukraine, according to University of Chicago political science professor John Mearsheimer, and it has no current interest in reaching a negotiated settlement now.
Mearsheimer sees US sanctions against Moscow as an attempt to knock Russia out of the ranks of the great powers.
The way he sees it, the US has declared war against Russia, in effect, but the Ukrainian people are doing the fighting.
Join host Steve Clemons for this wide-ranging conversation about how both sides consider themselves locked in an existential threat, with no way out.
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In my opinion, The United States' aim of weakening Russia will not happen. The moment has come to the West that they have to defend their currency and things are not moving in the right direction for the West. The West had been monopolizing with wrongs all the time and it is time that they realize their mistakes and change and live in peace with other countries without trying to enslave other countries.
Yes you right Thank you
If USA beats China to putting boots on Mars it will secure technological superiority just like moon landing did, I believe this will happen before this decade is out.
Good thinker analysis!! Salute this man!!
When old world order and economy colapses and people loose everything they've had, there must be a scapegoat – Putin.
USA making money from Ukraine war..
The point is if Russia did not invade Ukraine then their is no war. Why blame someone else?
this interview didn't age well.
U.s. dont want to end bec. U.s. is taking advantage and benefits this war at any aspects thats the truth
zelinski is never regaining donbass so he can continue to slaughter Russian speaking there like he has since 2014. So its his only move to negotiate.
Profits
@9.25: the foolish is Zelensky …….scarified people of Ukraine 😃😃😃😃😊😊😊😊 for US ambition versus Russia
It seems that NATO is betting nukes will never be used. They are probably right but………
Your guest is full of bs against China
Lla era para que biden llebara esto al final de la guerra
What is it is really is China threat to USA ,be specific …..
Ukraine will win soon. Then Poland and other places will send their women and children back to Ukraine. Ukraine will make deals with western corporations. Putin will be arrested and held for war crimes and theft.
Mearsheimer's Sinophobia just made himself a phony to me. I used to admire his views regarding Russia's position in Ukraine, but this interview just soured my impressions of him. A typical insecure American scared of China! What's wrong with co-existing with instead of 'containing' China, Professor?
Biden has Alzheimer..he makes no decisions
Putin is a fool for invading Ukraine. The US saw an opportunity in the Ukraine war. Now they can drastically weaken Russia without facing it head to head which carries a big risk. Excellent strategy by all means.
I had to cut it off at 5 minutes. The professor JJ is obviously pro Russia. Ukrainian NATO membership was not the real reason for the war. Putin would have invaded Ukraine even if Russia was given a guarantee of Ukraine never joining the alliance. Putin has been planning Ukraine invasion for a very long time and they US new this and wanted to use the invasion as an opportunity to weaken Russia. In turn this would allow the US to concentrate efforts on china and north Korea.
I got the impression that the conversation is about playing cards, only instead of playing cards – geographical maps. Probably, this is a very exciting game of maps on a global scale. I have to translate the meaning of what was said into Russian in addition to the words. For example, Mearsheimer's words "that we must protect Taiwan" translated into Russian mean "we must prevent the unification of Taiwan with China." Let me remind you that in 1949, Mao Zedong's Army defeated the troops of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek fled to the Chinese island of Taiwan with his retinue, taking with him about 2 million immigrants, and from there announced that he was now the Main Supreme Ruler of all China with a decision-making center in Taiwan and the country would be called Chinese Republic. Thus, two parts of one China were formed – the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China. Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek have been gone for a long time, but the problem exists. The reason is "that for strategic reasons it would have disastrous consequences for our alliance structure in East Asia."
Regarding the fact that "we want to see Russia weakened and that we are actually looking for a strategic defeat of Russia in Ukraine," I can advise Lloyd Austin and Julianne Smith to study history in addition to geography. In the XIII century, Russia defeated the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva and the Levonian Knights in the Battle of the Ice (Alexander Nevsky). In the XIV century, Russia defeated the Golden Horde on Kulikovo Field. At the beginning of the XVI century, Russia defeated the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, in the middle of the century – the Kazan and Astrakhan Khanates (Ivan the Terrible), at the end of the XVI century, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Swedes. At the beginning of the XVII century, Russia again defeated the Swedes, and in the middle – again the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Moscow campaigns, Ivan Susanin), this time finally. At the end of the XVII and at the beginning of the XVIII centuries, Russia defeated the Turks (Gangut, Gringam) and again (despite Mazepa's betrayal) the Swedes (Peter I, the Battle of Poltava), in the middle of the XVIII century (in alliance with Austria and France) – England and Prussia, in the second half of the XVIII century – Turkey (Catherine II, Chesma, Izmail, the battles of Hajibey and Kaliakria) and Sweden (Rochensalm). At the beginning of the nineteenth century – again Turks (Sinop), Swedes and France (Napoleon) and Poles, Italians, Austrians, Prussians, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch and Germans who fought together with the French (the war of two-to-ten languages), and until the end of the nineteenth century several times Turks who fought in alliance with England and France (Shipka). In the twenties of the twentieth century, the Red Army defeated the troops of Denikin, Wrangel, Krasnov, Yudenich and Kolchak, German-Turkish troops, troops of the Entente countries and also the Czechoslovak corps, as well as the insurgent army (Makhno) and the UPR (Ukrainian People's Republic, Petlyura). The USSR troops in the middle of the twentieth century defeated Finland and Japan (Hassan, Khalkhin Gol), then Fascist Germany (Hitler), "warmed up by the Anglo-Saxons" and Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Slovakia, Croatia, who fought with her, as well as a bunch of other units of Spaniards, Belgians, Dutch, the French, Danes, Norwegians, OUN (Bandera), UPA (Borovets, Shukhevych) and the Gallichina division (Ukrainians and Gallians). When Napoleon's army entered Moscow in 1812, Moscow was burned. To date, it is not known who set Moscow on fire. Before Napoleon, Moscow was made of wood, and after Napoleon, Moscow became made of stone. When the Russian army entered Paris in 1814, it did not destroy anything and did not kill anyone, but helped restore order and the Bourbon dynasty. When the Soviet Army defeated Hitler's troops in 1945, a Socialist camp was formed from the USSR and the countries of half of Europe. So let's see what the story will be and how the geography will change. Hello everyone.
us involved every war the world Woolf be much safe with out us
Cause they are making far too much filthy lucre.
The US wanted this war. The lives lost are Ukrainian and Russian not American. The US is actually fanning the war helped by the Ukrainian president
I think that solutions to geopolitical interests are really connected to off shore banking interests.
Weapon sales and selling debt
America should re ignite domestic power.
Develop its own science and bio industries focus less on marketing weapons and intervention.
Leave European problems alone