Aug 5, 2024 · The question of who is responsible for causing the Ukraine war has been a deeply contentious issue since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022.

Provoked Putin John J. Mearsheimer According to the prevailing wisdom in the West, the Ukraine crisis can be . lamed almost entirely on Russian aggression. Russian President Vladimir Putin, the argument goes, an-nexed Crimea out o a long-standing desire to resuscitate the Soviet empire, and he may eventually go after the rest o Ukraine, .

Senator John McCain participated in antigovernment demonstrations, and Geoffrey Pyatt, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, proclaimed after Yanukovych's toppling that it was "a day for the history books."

Mar 1, 2022 · For years, Mearsheimer has argued that the U.S., in pushing to expand NATO eastward and establishing friendly relations with Ukraine, has increased the likelihood of war between nuclear-armed...

Feb 8, 2024 · On 12 May 2022 — shortly after the Ukraine War began — I participated in a high-profile Munk Debate in Toronto that focused on Russia’s responsibility for the war.

Jun 23, 2023 · To understand where the Ukraine war is headed, it is necessary to first assess the present situation. It is important to know how the three main actors – Russia, Ukraine, and the West – think about their threat environment and conceive their goals.

John J. Mearsheimer THE war in Ukraine is a multi- dimensional disaster, which is likely to get much worse in the foreseeable future. When a war is successful, little attention is paid to its causes, but when the outcome is disas-trous, understanding how it happened becomes paramount. People want to know: how did we get into this terrible ...

Mar 19, 2022 · If the West not only thwarts Moscow on Ukraine’s battlefields, but also does serious, lasting damage to Russia’s economy, it is in effect pushing a great power to the brink.

Sep 5, 2023 · Mearsheimer talks about Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3 on the Lex Fridman Podcast. September 5, 2023. Yale University Press. Subscribe to John's Substack for the latest writing, appearances, and news.

Mar 14, 2024 · Can Ukraine hold the line in 2024? That would be the best-case scenario—according to John Mearsheimer, a University of Chicago professor and one of the leading proponents of “restraint” in American foreign policy.