John Mearsheimer says The West Has Lost Its Way

 

 by John Mearsheimer | Oct 2, 2026 | News | 3 Comments

Reprinted from John’s Substack: 

On September 30, 2026, I was on Glenn Diesen’s popular podcast, talking with him about America’s emerging position in the world, given that it cannot help Ukraine defeat Russia and has been unable to defeat Iran in the Middle East. My argument is that the United States is in deep trouble and that its strategic position is likely to deteriorate further. It has been a long time since first-rate strategic thinking guided U.S. foreign policy.

The situation is not much better for the Europeans. They have had the good sense to stay out of the Iran war, but in my view they have behaved remarkably foolishly toward Ukraine and Russia.

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John J. Mearsheimer, PhD, is an American professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. More recently Mearsheimer has attracted attention for co-authoring and publishing the article The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, which was subsequently published as a book.

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