I love Prof. Meirshiemer. The honesty, the humor, the clarity is such a pleasure to watch!

He delivers a beautifully crafted lecture without looking at notes. Also, he understands that spoken prose must be very different from written prose to be readily understood. He's a joy to listen to.

Wow almost every lecture i've heard from this man is like a prophecy he saw coming.

The genius of this man is that his civility shines above all else

I can listen to Mr. Mearsheimer all day. Very clear and concise lecture.

Dude predicted the outcome of Afghanistan and Iraq ten years ago. An intriguing lecture. When I was in school, I was never interested in history or international relations, but this is fascinating!

Surgically precise. This should be necessary lecture for anyone who is interested in what is US doing right now. Respect to professor Mearsheimer, and thanks to uploader.

I love professor Mearsheimer. He's the most honest and amazing professor I've ever listened to.

This is one of the best lectures I heard in a long time. Clear, clarity of thoughts and makes sense.

fascinating !! This is one of the best if not the best brains in the US on Geopolitics , Professor Mearsheimer predictions always come to pass , good example is the Russia/Ukraine crisis , white house should enlist him as the foreign policy consultant

What a prodigious speaker on Internationalism Mr Mearsheimer is ? A lot of information for my social science studies. Thanks a lot for this post.

Anyone watching this in the aftermath of the Afghan pull-out? His observations are spot on! Mind-blowing stuff.

Fascinating analysis. One thing I'd love to hear the professor talk about is the role of companies like oil, and the military industrial complex in creating the imperial design o pressuring governments to take that approach rather the other three available approaches.

What an insightful lecture! Many predictions came out to be true!

It's 2020 and this lecture seasoned well

He is extremely enjoyable to listen . Amazing knowledge and true analysis of what is going on with the world and democracy.

Listening to this man's common sense arguments I wonder why I never heard of him before. But hearing him talking about the shoe-bomber and the underwear bomber (around 28 minute mark) it reminds me of the craziness about covid that is going on now, ten years after this talk. It is like we all become possessed by these irrational fears.

The USA is not a democracy, it's way more of an oligarchy. But even having been bamboozled into accepting that the US is a democracy, this man is intelligent and capable enough to point at some key contradictions, thank you for sharing it!

It is 2022 and this lecture once again is like seasoning given the Ukraine crisis.

His are the lectures I forward to friends and family. I notice he's speaking out quite a bit now, I appreciate that he's doing this.

Great lecture. Thank you John. Was never interested till I heard your lectures.

Aged like fine wine

He is telling the truth that is why he is so right. Always good to listen to him and learn.

Its 2022 and this lecture ages better and better. I bet you can come back in 2030, and its still aging well. We are on the DECLINE. How to make the BEST OF IT..?!?.

You need the right kind of student body for these kinds of lectures. U of C students are very fortunate.

John Mearsheimer is very structured and academic in his thinking. He sticks to the first principles of geopolitics instead of going down “good guy, bad guy” narratives.

2021 you were right.

This is John's best lecture, he's in his element, teaching.

Following you and admire you so much. Thank you for your time.

This was a brilliant speech. Wow.

University of Chicago has a gem.

Great lecture. Needs an update to 2022!

Great Lecture, Cheers from Iran.

J.M. forecasts what would happen 10 years later in Afghanistan. Brilliant!

Astounding and brilliant assessment of political reality. Professor Mearsheimer to delver his thoughts in lecture is a joy to listen.

Great lecture! Thank you John

Common sense, distilled. Transparent, and Clear thinking Wish people like this got into positions of decisive power : because the wheeler dealers that do, are full of muddle headed thinking.

You definitely right my friend. Especially mr. Walt's movements. He is adroit with his thoughts. Hope you've bought yourself a copy of their book. It's great!

Very courageous, thank you for sharing!

He’s absolutely 100% correct I’m myself a Palestinian and I don’t hate American values , I love democracy and freedom of speech, religion and enterprise and I really appreciate most of the founding fathers But I do hate the US policies regarding Israel and the middle east in general They’re literally funding war crimes I believe 100% if most Americans saw what’s really happening here in Gaza and ignored the media lies they would be disgusted by their war industrial complex

Excellent speech by professor Mearsheimer, he was so much right what will happen👏👍

a towering figure in international relations smashing lecture many thanks for posting.

It'd 2022 and this talk has seasoned well.

It's great how well he predicted the end of this debacle.

Prof. Mearsheimer you have taught at U of Chicago for 42 years! congratz

HOLY shit. Might be my favorite Mearsheimer lecture yet. Whoa. GENIUS!

33:03! Thanks for speaking the truth.

Finally someone who thinks like I do. When I worked 2nd shift at a northern Illinois packaging plant as a line worker I loved listening to UIC professor Milt Rosenberg on Extension 720, as I drove home. Illinois corruption was one of many outstanding topics covered. I listen to Vietnam veterans on UKposts a lot now in retirement. One Black GI said. America likes to tell everyone how to clean their kitchen. But maybe they like the rats and roaches. This is your lecture in a nutshell. The wisdom of humans has nothing to do with the Intelligence quotient of a person. This lecture from 2011 still stands in 2022 as well as that US solders comment.

Excellent lecture, he predicted what it is going on right now !

This is hardcore criticism of American foreign policy, but there is not a single conspiracy theory here. It’s fact-based, coherent and it relies heavily on literature and theory. Vintage Mearsheimer which has aged better than any Bordeaux :)

Super good!

Great mind very logical,honest and visionary

The few lectures i have seen despite having spent many years in college listening to lectures even now in grad school, that i am genuinely interested in. Probably would've majored in political science if I didn't have to worry about paying back student loans...so computer science won the selection.

the Director of Photography does an extraordinary job.

Fantastic lesson!

Greetings from Iran - He is absolutely right!

10 years ago, he predicted exactly what happened in Afghanistan in 2021

Great lecture, by which I conclude that pride rather than responsibility has been a key factor to the continuous misleading international politics that has created this mess around the globe.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️John Mearshiemer……can’t get enough

Just excellent !!! (and I heard many !!)

Ahmed Karzai was nominated as President of Afghanistan because the defense contractors who managed disbursement of the aid and investment wanted a crook eg Look at the infrastructure in IRAQ after trillions of investment for the past almost two decades

Awesome Thinker, I would love to be a Student of his. He gets it!

The accuracy of his prediction about Afghanistan, a decade before the Taliban take-over, is mind-blowing

31:00 now that made me laugh out loud! I've never thought of the war like that haha

Yes he was hitting right pointing out the way and the Choice and the trouble but never mentioned the Death”s and that was and is the most important .

wonderful.

Thanks!

It's amazine how 11 years ago, he is right about much of what he said we would have and not have, today.

This chap is brilliant. Impressively brilliant 😁👌

30:49 to 31:34 apply cold water on affected area

Brilliant !!

Wow. Very smart lecture

Fantastic talk.

You're so wise, my respects to you

14:35 but what are the actual negative consequences for the USA if theres a regional hegemon in the areas he said? He doesnt explain that so with that piece missing I cant understand the reason

His nickname among Chicago students was "Cameraman's Nightmare".

His words are like a soothing balm of truth; that sometimes stings, (in fact like anti-septic to the opened wound of betrayed trust)

This guy is amazing

Very interesting take on foreign policy for sure I say this as someone who has been protesting in Europe since the Vietnam and in the US all the wars Afghanistan and Iraq etc I heard you say spreading democracy was at best difficult ....... Ofcourse the concept of democracy is a joke We certainly do not have democracy here in the US and for that matter anywhere else in the world Let's not be fooled about this concept yes attractive idea. to begin with that is a huge cover for excuses to throw over other governments to exploit it recourses and cheap labor for corporations

37:30 "Everybody knows that at some point you're going to leave, and the Taliban are going to stay, so they're very reluctant to work with you" Literally what happened in 2021 with the Afghanistan draw down. How many supporters of Western occupation in Afghanistan were lynched after we left?

Is like fine wine

It's a great lecture. I take issue with one point however. He says that instead of admitting it is our policies that are the problem, we claim they hate us for who we are. And so the Bush policy was to change who they are, transform the region and spread democracy. No! The Bush Crowd had no interest in spreading democracy! Look at Egypt or Saudi Arabia. Bush et al. knew the public opinion data. "Democracy" was a smokescreen. We were striking regimes who did not take orders from Uncle Sugar.

2022 and he’s makeing unfortunately perfect sense

This man is a genius! Why Americans don’t push men like this into the White House? We have to stop smoking weed and be serious about the future of our children, be humble and loving to ourselves and the world 🌍

The logical reasoning behind the actions are based on the concept of perpetual wars. Even if all the wars fail, they will be considered as victories from that point of view.

Good one.

This guy is a smooth talker, you should ask yourself why is youtube recomenndeing him alot.

Why in hades does youtube want me to listen to this video so bad? It keeps coming up, again, and again, and again, and again, and again.

Never thought this prophet-like political science lecture could be so entertaining

33:19 Which "they" (the small minority of educated urban elites, or the vast, religiously oriented Muslim traditionalists) would that be? And which values would those be? (Maybe the same same values as the vast, religiously oriented Christian traditionalists?)

I like Isolationism the best. We stay out of the business of the world and keep them lit of our business. We only deal with and protect those on this side of the world because this would affect us. There is enough gas and natural resources on this side of the world and in exchange for those natural resources outside of US jurisdiction but on this side of the world, we give them protection to run their countries the way they want to; period. If the people want change, it is up to the people of that country to make change happen. We respect whoever the leader is at the time of their reign as long as they do not mess with our citizens who may be visiting. If enough people want change they can make it happen and it is up to them as a society to get the numbers needed to make change. This way we do not clash with cultural dofferences. We are always in the business of other sovereign countries and even those we are helping ends up hating us because we do not really respect or understand or embody their culture. We always have selfish purposes and we lie about them acting like we care, when we do not. So, in order to remove this waste of time lying and pretending that causes us to be hated, we need to be up front. We can sell them weapons to protect their sovereignty against other nations, but never when they are having civil unrest, this way we are not involved in playing favorites.We then need to make sure every American owns their own land and home, keeping common areas for hunting and fishing. They can grow their own produce and we can sell our produce, meats, fish, and poultry to starving nations as needed, but never to seek to be overloads of our own people. There are enough people in the world whose land cannot produce or sustain their population numbers. With that said, no immigration from the other side of the world. You can visit, but you cannot stay. because you will bring your countries problems and bad habits with you. We would ask this of the countries on this side of the world whom we protect as well. This will bring down the incidence of Pandemics in our lands. We will help other nations as much as we can, but not to the extent of being a part of their wars.

Awesome

wow, why haven't i heard of this guy before

One of the things I disagreed with Mearsheimer is that, propping up dictators in the Middle East is actually consistent with the offshore balancing strategy he espouses, which would eventually cause 9/11. Liberal hegemony and offshore balancing are two sides of the same coin. Different approach, but ultimately the same aim.

I am so sick of UKposts trying to shove this gentleman and particularly this video down my throat. It continues to show up all the time if I leave my laptop unattended for more than a couple videos. UKposts please stop!

Is he a Jedi Mind Tricks fan? esp the 2000 album "Violent by Design"?

He’s a beast

Likely one of a few sane Americans left on planet earth!

Why you guys do not talk about or include also Vietnam case?

John here says his favourite is offshore balancing, which is a containment strategy, but I have to say that's also a foolish strategy. It's difficult if not impossible to keep a lid on growing economies. Countries like China, India and African nations has immense potential and are impossible to contain. On a more recent interview, I believe, John has mentioned that it's impossible for US to keep its hegemony as China, India and African Nations would eventually surpass US economic growth.