And on why he sees the United States as primarily responsible for what Ukraine and the world is going through today

When it comes to Liberal Democratic Internationalism enforced on others by every means, says John Mearsheimer, the difference between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. has traditionally been no more than tweedledum and tweedledee. We live in a country he says that must do never-ending “massive social engineering at the end of a rifle barrel”.

— And now? Mearsheimer on Putin’s invasion of Ukraine; and who bears primary responsibility? (Begins after a short introduction)

— For more opinion see Vlad the Perplexing