Professor Mearsheimer has provided an exemplary analysis on the situation in Ukraine right from the very start. Beginning in 2016 on KZfaq with his lecture, 'Why is Ukraine the West's Fault?' the Prof has given the world an honest, expert view of why that conflict began and the reasons Russia had to do what it did. He is an academic expert in great power politics which grants us all a superbly neutral and well-informed take which is available nowhere in the news media field. He is truly an indispensable resource.

Mr Mearsheimer is a generous & knowledgable American...Over the last decade he has explained to us why our political elites have lost the plot in relation to global manners & especially relation with Russia, China, NATO and the conflict in Ukraine...He's a voice of reason in world has gone mad.

Listening to John M since ukraine war started. Spot on with most of his comments. most Au journos not interested in another viewpoint Glad ABC is open to listening

I hope the CIS have made a recording of Prof. Mearsheimer's talk and can load onto youtube. Listening to him is always enlightening.

@6:40 "authoritarian government" is a rich phrase. The USA has one of the most authoritarian, just in terms of _near_ complete absence of democratic force. It's an oligopoly.

God bless you Professor John for sharing truth!

Thank you, Professor Mearsheimer!

As a long-term listener of the ABC, I can't tell you how long overdue it is for the ABC to have the likes and calibre of John Mearsheimer on, given the ABC's obvious bias of towing the anti-Chinese/Russian narrative....

He should be advising Australian prime Minister on how not to follow America into another needless unjustified war.

I wish he would come to Melbourne. A pragmatic thinker about international relations. We need way more people like him, and less fatuous ideologues.

Thanks for making this available

I love this guy just for his independent attitude. If everyone was honest and logical like this ... International Relations might be better. People are desperate for logic and reason and rationality in their lives so they can utilize their idle brains! ;-)

When the U.S. foreign p0olicyt establishment is wrong, they generally double down. Prospect theory is relevant.

Good to see John Mearsheimer who is a giant in the realist theory of geopolitics has been interviewed on a mainstream media platform. Now to get him on Q&A with Jeffrey Sachs and retired Cnl Douglas McGregor to give a different perspective on the Ukraine and Gaza war. Thanks ABC Drive Brisbane !!

The host said "controversial" too many times hence I had to close and leave.

One thing I've not heard Mearsheimer talk about is the similiarities and differences between the Ukraine and Georgia history. Also, I'd love to hear him comment on if he thinks unregulated global capitalism had anything to do with the direction the US took with China economically and why we were such pushovers? What changes would he make to the Western system to fix this if possible, or is it too late?

Interesting take from John Miershimer

For some reason i love this guy even though the basic logic he presents is precisely the reason for the Ukriane war because the us as a global hegemon is trying to prevent forever the re emergence of a regional hegemon (Russia). So that logic actually directly is causing the insanity in europe to the detriment of both the EU and Russia. Same with China - the same logic to get everyone to unite against China will lead if successful directly to war with China which as with Russia is nuclear war and essentially insanity - and this policy as a direct result of following the logic is leading both russia and china to unite against the United States and reaching out to the entire non wsstern world against the global hegemon and offering them the alternative of independence from this hegemon bent on global domination - and succeeding. At the same time i love this guy as he realizes the insanity and advocates establishing balancing rather than confrontation despite what appears to be a logic that explains the insanity of the west toward the emerging power china and the eclipsing power (russia) to prevent its re emergence which is instead causing its re emergence and its alliance with china to create an alternative to balance against the insanity by appearing to as much of the non western world as possible.- precisely the logic of which is in it’s theory of international relations - in other words they are using the logic successfully - and if they are really really smart they will become benevolent global hegemons by understanding the key to winning is to be benevolent long term as is argued by china that china was way back when a benevolent hegemon who allowed countries in their orbit to be themselves as long as they pledged allegience to chinas benevolence and did not challenge it - which led to hundreds of years of peaceful co existence with their non chinese speaking neighboring nations rather than creating an empire as europe seemed to be doing during centuries of violent wars and quests for empires. He would scoff at that saying it does not explain how the world works, but that is illogical - if one knows that trying to dominate the world necessarily creates instability and wars, it would seem logical to be benevolent as a hegemon rather than dominating, if you want to have long term peace - you engage with teh world and trade and use your size to always be more advanced and able to prevent a bully from coming along - it would seem the best logic wiht only India a potential competitor to beat you - so tying your economy to the entire region will prevent them from ever becoming that realized threat.

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I can't believe that ABC is promoting such an informed scholar as Prof. John Mearsheimer. He is one of the few sane voices in academia telling people all around the world what is REALLY happening in Ukraine. It is so out of character for ABC to promote something that is so non PC. What has changed in ABC I wonder?

Would be great for Steve Austin to interview Professor Jeffrey Sachs. He too is another sane voice, probably more so than Professor Mearshimer.

I'm amazed the ABC let Mearsheimer on, given his empathy for Russia's predicament. I assume it's his recent anti Israel statements that the ABC warmed to. Either way, I'm happy that they are giving him some exposure.

It is incorrect to bring Fukuyama into the picture. I don't think China was "allowed" to grow by the US, instead, the US did the best they could to ensure that China joined US created, US led global institutions, and that China's private sector remained attached to some extent to US based investors. The US would have had to sovietize their economy to prevent investment and institutional authority from relocating to London, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong or wherever, in order to trade with China.

He's not really controversial. He has thoughful insights, especially wrt US crisis challenges and failures.

Goddamit I would've gone last night if I'd known, would love to have seen him talk.

Damn, I live in Brisbane and knew nothing of JM in town!!!

First time I have paid full attention to a Mearsheimer interview. Really good analysis of current geopolitics. His idea that the west should be focussed on the rise of China and building (instead of decimating) alliances that allow that to happen has got to be right. I don't know what his view is on the alliance Russia has been building with China but it seems to me if there is any alliance that is bound to be short lived, it is that one. At the end of the day Russia has what China needs, natural resources. These are largely in eastern Siberia within reach of China's extensive border with Russia, in a part of Russia sparsely populated. Very difficult for Russia to defend against a power like China, if it came down to it. This has got to be the Achilles' heel of the Russia/China/Iran alliance but the west is getting no closer to exploiting it. One thing I disagreed with was Mearsheimer's apparently optimistic assessment of the effect of current immigration trends on the US. He seems to think this is simply a numbers game that will, in the long run, allow the US to challenge China with a comparable population. It is not as simple as that. Mass immigration from across the globe will cause the social, political and economic dynamic within the US to change, in ways we cannot predict, as cultures alien to that of the US today become influential, even controlling. This may well be to China's advantage

NATO was formed to counter a perceived threat from the Soviet Union, led by Russia. After WW2 the USSR was a vast and powerful collective that stretched from the Pacific to Western Europe that partnered with satellite states such as East Germany, Poland and Romania. Many in the West believed NATO, backed by the USA, was necessary to combat a threat of a conventional invasion of Western Europe by Soviet forces. But many people seem to have failed to notice that the USSR doesn't exist anymore. They look at Russia as it is now and still see that vast, powerful (and dangerous) entity. In fact Russia has a population half that of USA and an economy with a GDP smaller than Italy's. It is struggling to achieve it's military objectives in Ukraine, which hardly convinces that it is a threat to people in France or Germany, does it? So why does Europe need a US backed NATO, even if Russia does "win" in Ukraine? Is not Europe perfectly capable of defending itself against any perceived Russian threat - were one to actually materialise? Let's not forget in the 1940s the threat was the opposite - it was Russia desperately defending itself from (one portion) of Western Europe. I find the prospect of Russian troops marching up the streets of Warsaw illogical and extremely unlikely, far less Glasgow.

Having an alliance with the US is very different from the type of relationship that Australia has now with it.

Edis this please!

What happened to SEATO ?

Professor Mearsheimer is totally correct on Russia Ukraine war. However, he is totally obsolete on China. If you are truly interested in Australia’s policy on China, you can search for Professor Hugh White’s lecture on the subject.

Am I going mad or did they edit this with Austin asking him three different times why he gets blowback?

I hope Australians might appreciate that the United States has had imperialist aspirations almost from its creation and has been willing to use military intervention to achieve those aspiration. There were, first, the first nations of North America who had to be defeated and their territory taken. Efforts were made to drive the British from Canada that failed. After the Mexicans managed to separate themselves from Spain, the Americans took Texas and all of the territory controlled by Mexico that eventually became part of U.S. territory, attracted migration of Americans and achieved statehood. The U.S. successfully negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia, a territory that is not linked by land to the rest of the United States. Added to these imperialist acquisitions were the taking of the Hawaiian Islands, the invasion of Cuba and the Philippines and the orchestration of the separation of Panama from Columbia in order to secure control over the canal construction in Panama.

The End of history is not the end of history because history has no end. And we know that often and more often history repeats itself. Therefore, Fukuyama, with his book: The End of History, has completely ignored that history is repeatable.

My main issue with Mearsheimer is the internal inconsistency within his theory. When it comes to Russia, he said don’t walk into Russia’s sphere of influence - Ukraine a sovereign country, otherwise the Russian will fight back. When it comes to China, he wants to confront China with Taiwan - not a US recognised sovereign country, which is only 100km away from China. It looks like the guy has an agenda to push before he can come up with a coherent world politics theory.

I see Mearsheimer's claim that Australia has to prevent Russia, China or Japan from controlling Asia potentially has two possible reasonings: 1) Asia should be control by only Australia, as it is the only WASP regional power; 2) the US won't allow any of those other countries to control Asia and so Australia would be forced by the US to take actions even though it was no match militarily for Russia or China and is not threatened unless we are talking about WASP egos

As much as Mearsheimer is right on Ukraine, he is wrong on china. What the heck is "aggressive" about China? It is the US doing all the wars and regime changes all over the world. Therefore the US is "fighting wars all the time". What democracy is concerned: 350 billion for submarines without public discussion is democratic? And what right swing in some countries is concerned: economic downturns generally lead to more right wing governments. Is Labour in Oz still "left"?

Mearsheimer is a Conservative 's idea of what a radical is.

I deeply value professor Mearsheimer’s views. For me, he isn’t a contrarian at all. The world would surely be a better place if US policymakers heeded his advice.

Where is John Mearsheimer for one night only?

Ask him why he hates China

25:30 - health of democracies, wow!

11:40 This is disgusting. Why you are each time calling in controversial professor. This is disrespectful. He is one of the very few sane and wise guys i have seen.

He's followed in the footsteps of Professor Cohen as he acknowledged; badly need independent voices like his. I'd listen to everything he has to say.

The US military fights wars all the time, but it loses all of them.

I can't believe he is such a minority voice.

Did he really say Sowjet Union, referring to 2023? 😂

According to him, pla havent fought a war since 79, how come chinese raise is not benign

Long live asian😂😂😂❤

This seems not to be the correct presentation of Prof. Mearsheimer in Brisbane.

The host should just stop calling him "controversial" since everything he had been saying turned out to be true. Hoow can truth be controversial? Maybe its his radio station thats controversial

the mediator is a disaster

I have to respect Prof. Mearsheimer for his courage in commenting on the Hebraic domination! But I must ask , if domination by any one is to be challenged by nuclear alliances, what does he call the present attempt to dominate the entire solar system by the benevolent, my foot, hegemon

I agree with you about Isreal. But I do not agree with him about Ukraine.

Don’t do it Aussie’s, they will turn your men into fairies. 🤨

Seems chinas attempt with India was to offer it to be a part of the belt and road so actualy long term it wants to include India in growing wealthy - if mercheimer is right and nations who see themselves as able to compete with their neighbor it portends disaster and you woudl think nations coudl be more wise than that - as India too adheres to teh western democratic model which seems to also be currently leading to instability as the wealth gap increases rather than decreases once again the “democracy” the west offers is really just a smoke screen for the domination of money in politics and long term that bodes very ill for India as they may never revert to policies the west once had of decreasing inequality - which occurred when they were in a battle with the Soviet Union to make their societies better - the collaps of that dialectic is directly to blame therefore for teh march into the sewer for the west. It needed that to progress as a people.

Dear Prof. Mearsheimer, I think It seems like the Palestinians lost their liberties decades ago to Secular Apartheid state of Israel. Unfortunately, now the secular Israelis are losing their freedom to the Messianic Apartheid State of Israel. Secular Israelis, welcome to the Palestinian reality.

Great guest, horribly edited KZfaq-video. Thanks anyway. ;)

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Russia and China a quasi fascist states and Mearsheimer is far behind... far behind the front lines in Europe... far behind our Western soldiers fighting for freedom... and far behind in his thinking about these issues... ...so it is difficult to listen to Mearsheimer... because his critical foundational assumptions are quite wrong... like for example... his assumption that Putin and Xi are rational actors and that leaders always tell the truth...

what's so controversial about prof. Mearsheimer? I'd say the ones who call him controversial are controversial themselves

Mearsheimer is the stupid person's smart person