John J Mearsheimer: The Great Delusion 

I was sick and tired of mass media propaganda and wanted to get the real lowdown of what exactly is happening in the world and finally found it with John’s lectures. This is a very brave man who speaks the truth regardless of any backlash.

Never discovered this fine professor until the Ukraine crisis!

The lectures of this professor are remarkable. He is very well informed and realistic as he often says. The way he is talking really keeps my attention. 📚📚👌🏻👏🏻

What a fantastic speaker , I find myself looking for and watching every lecture available featuring professor Mearsheimer..thank you for a much better understanding of how this world works

As someone who was involved in "attempting" to implement US foreign policy in the Middle East at various levels for three decades, I cannot find anything wrong in Dr. Mearsheimer's lecture; the US is horrible at nation building, no matter which political party sits in DC.

john j Mearsheimer is the proof that there ARE smart people that makes sense of a lot of thoughts.... Thanks to him now i'm schooled sensibly more

He must have had a time machine and traveled forward from 2020 to 2022, because he is pretty much correct on every thing he said, especially the Russia and China stuff. Down with the Liberal Hegemony !!

If the US listened to this man as much as the Chinese do, they would be in a far better position right now and so would the whole world.

I wish every American, Ukrainian and Russian would listen to this lecture. Whenever anyone has a question about my homeland, I send them a link to this video, "Why is Ukraine the West's Fault", and to "Ukraine on Fire" documentary by Oliver Stone. Too sad that most of that info is very unlikely to appear on any main stream media.

I cannot believe that after all of the great political science speakers I have heard I am finally hearing this great man. Thank you.

I have rarely seen this guy on mainstream news channels. He is so on point about many issues. Speaks volumes about quality of modern journalism.

I could listen to this man 24 hours a day

I was extremely against the war in Iraq and didn’t even need a uni degree to see the insanity of it…

18:20 I respect Prof. Mearsheimer's perspective deeply, however, the statement he makes "What the United States had done in the first half of the 20th century is it had defeated fascism", it is this American exceptionalism that really blinds the people and politicians of the U.S. from acknowledging that the world was not actually unipolar like the Americans had imagined, even during WW2, and after. The Soviet Union (of which Russia was the major part of) was also equally involved in defeating fascism--just going by the sheer human cost (military and civilian)--the USSR actually put down the larger share of that down payment towards creating a peaceful world without the Nazis dictating terms, which is in no modest estimates--even if you look at it from the U.S. perspective--something we should ignore at the risk of insulting the value of those human lives lost, and the people those losses represent. It is fact. It is this exceptionalism that had blinded and misguided the U.S. foreign policy for decades. Perhaps things would have been very different if Henry Wallace was not deliberately sidelined, despite having large support for running for office, or if John F. Kennedy was not taken out. "And no nation in the history of battle ever suffered more than the Soviet Union suffered in the course of the Second World War. At least 20 million lost their lives. Countless millions of homes and farms were burned or sacked. A third of the nation's territory, including nearly two thirds of its industrial base, was turned into a wasteland--a loss equivalent to the devastation of this country east of Chicago." -President John F. Kennedy (Washington, D.C. June 10, 1963) "I have left the obvious, essential fact to this point, namely, that it is the Russian Armies who have done the main work in tearing the guts out of the German army. In the air and on the oceans we could maintain our place, but there was no force in the world which could have been called into being, except after several more years, that would have been able to maul and break the German army unless it had been subjected to the terrible slaughter and manhandling that has fallen to it through the strength of the Russian Soviet Armies." -Winston Churchill, Speech in the House of Commons, 2 August 1944, “War Situation” and "I have always believed and I still believe that it is the Red Army that has torn the guts out of the filthy Nazis. -Winston Churchill, Speech in the House of Commons, October 1944 And this is not just a matter of what Churchill believed. It is an historical fact.

The flaw in Mearsheimer's analysis is that the modern U$A is not, if it ever was, liberal or a democracy. We are a plutocratic oligarchy. Unipolarity was and is the means for expansion of the insenate greed of our elites.

Professor Mearsheimer is one of those rare individuals who both sees clearly and honestly describes what he sees.

In 1975 China was a “ village with four cars and we had two of them,” so said visiting Nobel Laureate. China no longer has four cars, we sent our manufacturing to China. Last year China sent a missile around the worlds over liberal Democracy’s heads. How did that work out for ya America, world? Feeling safer now. “ The wealth of a nation isn’t printing money, it’s in your factories, farms, and services provided”. You sent your technology, and the wealth of your nation to China, Bravo! Now I’ll listen to what youtube algorithms sent me.

I have also just discovered John and I cant get enough. I normally get bored easily when it comes to lectures, podcasts etc but hes simply an amazing lecturer, oh how I wish I had a teacher like that when I was in school.

Thank you for this excellent speech Prof John is a an excellent orator and imparts wisdom wherever he goes - bravo!

A old saying goes, if you want everything you will end with nothing but trouble. This man sat down and saw what others couldn't see standing. Thank you for this very beautiful teaching.

This man is absolutely brilliant. Unemotive, honest and factual

Wow this guy gets it. I have been thinking along the same lines for a while now but I find this way of thinking can be polarizing when voiced out in the US due to lack of education about world history and current affairs in certain schools/areas, the regional bubble effect, and prevalent US centric views (partly influenced and reinforced by certain media outlets). So it's refreshing to hear this unabashed analysis coming from a well spoken professor, confirming some conclusions I've reached from my amateur explorations.

As a historian, Professor Mearsheimer has a profound understanding of political strategies, and where their consequences can lead to.

The current situation is such a huge and powerful lesson to us all about what the true effects of US foreign policy all around the world both past and present have been, and also helps us to see more clearly than ever before, that in most cases, that when push comes to shove, most of these countries that have been encouraged to pursue liberal democracy, capitalism, joining international institutions, and to rise up against their current governments, eventually reach a point where they realize that the ´cavalry is not coming´ and that they are on their own. In the end, it is ordinary people who suffer the most. Ordinary people who just want to live peaceful lives. So much pain and sufffering. It is truly tragic.

I remember a conversation with my spouse who is senior retired military officer. Conversation was about going into Iraq. Told my husband American democracy does not translate into some cultures as their ideology and democracy were not compatible. What did I know as I was just a wife standing at the stove cooking s dinner. Told him I would not vote to go into war as it would be a mistake.

it's amazing how spot on he is and how this still applies 2yrs later

A big love and respect to this brilliant person from Russia . His lectures were vital for me in this difficult period of my life .

Never tired of listening to this Prof. Kohn Mearshimer talk. He is an amazing scholar.

This man knows what he is talking about and has the courage and integrity to speak loudly.

This man is brilliant...

I am glad I discovered this great thinker! I am even gladder that I did, after arriving to understanding the issues on my own. I remember what my Professor of Philosophy and Pedagogy stated in one of his great lectures. "It doesn't matter whether it is only one person in the great majority to be correct." This man reminds me so much of my dear Professor Stella! The professor who chose to teach in an Institute for girls because in his words, "When you educate girls, you educate whole families." I was so fortunate to be one of those girls!

Great lecture. I wish he had spoken about the Military Industrial Complex that actually drives American foreign policy so that America is a fighting 1:1:2:4 wars at all times. Engage in four fronts, fight intensely in two fronts so that the war industry keeps thriving.

Whenever I delude myself about being knowledgeable, I run into a John Mearsheimer who is intelligent and eloquent. I sit, listen, and appreciate such rare brains. This is brilliant.

1:21:55 As a Brit, him saying 'Europe is basically a giant museum' is very much a 'never have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with' moment!

Great lecture to illuminate 2022. Thank you for the humor and the lessons.

I am happy to find contents with Prof John J Mearsheimer speaking the truths. As an Indonesian, I need to know more about global politics. I don’t speak good English but I can understand what you are saying. Thank you Sir for giving me great informations!! I will find your recents talk on Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

So refreshing to get an educated, in depth view & theory vs. mainstream media’s sensational, leading agendas. Thank you Sir!

Raw and un-nerving reality check.... thank you!

It's always amazing to listen Sir John 🙂

It's wonderful to see such great academics understanding and predicting so deeply and accurately. They are the true wealth of a nation.

I am definitely getting addicted to this professor's lectures... There is no hope for me anymore!🤔

I thought political science is pure academic; John proves me wrong and his talk is really visionary.

Brilliant Lecture.... Excellent Work By Uncle Mearsheimer..... Pardon Me.... Professor Mearsheimer....!!!!

I love John's passion on this topic.. i could watch him all day

Omg, imma bout to cry… it’s so amazing to hear what I’ve been saying in drunken rages anywhere I could for the past 20 years put so eloquently by this educated man…

Man is brilliant, just thing how better the world 🌎 would be, if we had listened to him. All the people who have died, and all our brave men and women who have been sacrificed.

A rational male, who calls it how he sees it. Bloody impressive.

I love the way he answered the questions. He always gave you a bigger picture or the dynamics under-spinning the situations before giving the true answers. Agree with him or not, you always learn something.

I've only discovered John but he is saying exactly what I've been saying for years. John is 100% correct.

I think it's great to hear things explained in a manner that doesn't leave everyone saying that he's or the WE'RE pro outin simply by recognizing the faults of our (North American) foreign policies

" .. to turn afganistan into liberal democracy..." could be considered as one of the best jokes ever said. The tragedy is instead, that it has been one of the main goals of the foreign policy of USA, during its unipolar reign. My respects to the professor!!

Extremely interesting - thank you so much for uploading!

Thank you sir. This was posted 2 years ago but this is very helpful for me to understand what is happening globally. Thank you for all who made this talk happen. What a treasure 😊

Definitely can't imagine the Russians and the Americans on the same side. The states has pushed them far away, specially this last week. Putin said "they should have treated Russia as a friend" SO TRUE. Putin always knows what he's talking about.

Damn, Mearsheimer was really on fire that night.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, we in the USA saw it as the end of a threat that had shaped our policies for over forty years. It was a validation not only of our foreign policy and military spending, but of our national values. We could bury the memory of Vietnam once and for all and see ourselves as the saviors of the free world. Little wonder we couldn't resist bestowing these blessings on others.

so refreshing listening to someone talk about Obama, Trump etc without namecallings and using sentences like ”worst president ever” etc Listening to academics really broadens ones horizon.

When you clap along with the audience at a lecture that's over 2 years old you know the speaker is on point. Well spoken, engaging and intelligent. Thanks John 🙌

Isn't it PURE JOY to hear someone else than mainstream media? Who KNOWS what he's talking about? Who's NOT following an agenda? Who has a CLEAR view and is very SMART?

I am glad I can get the correct perspective on geopolitics, thanks Professor JJ Mearsheimer!

Two years ago, and he laid it all out. Poor Ukraine. We "encouraged" them to pursue a future that was ultimately a tragic one.

My second John J Mearsheimer lecture on history and international politics and how the world got to where it is right now and who is responsible or what is responsible. I appreciate his realistic understanding of the 21st century world, a true political scientist. I caught myself taking notes with a pen and jotter. Remarkable man

What a fantastic talk.

He makes me want to go back to college and take his class

Der Professor ist Genius, World Expert in Politics. Thank you for this Channel. Very informative the Lecture and interesting Guests too.👍👍👍👍🌟🌟

Discovered him few days ago. He is extremely clear and is balanced. His past predictions about Ukraine are spoton.

Guy makes it sound like every move the US has ever made has been a colossal blunder.

From Russia 🇷🇺 with Love ---- WE LOVE THIS MAN 👍

I have some of Prof Mearsheimer’s books - but nothing really touches on the sheer enthusiasm and engagement he brings to the subjects he writes about when giving a talk, or engages on with others on a panel. It's a great pity these sorts of lectures are not seen by far wider than they have been. I do note that some of his commentary regarding Ukraine in past lectures has brought a lot of people to check him out, and that's (as far as I'm concerned) great. His views are engaging, challenging and far more deeply insightful than what many will instead spend hours, days and weeks consuming from a lot more "acceptable" people, those who will doubtless tell them essentially what they want to hear, but in reality will present no real challenging questions to far, far more impactful and deeper questions - those concerning where we might really be headed with this terminal adventurism we all seem caught up in thanks to the way geopolitics has worked out, wrapped up as it all so very much is in this, "the Great Delusion".

I’m Chinese and I was scrolling to see what Westerners think about the Ukraine situation and found John. Finally someone who is not afraid to sympathize with the US’s competitors (rather than an enemy I hope), and hopefully our leaders all make the good decisions and do not choose to go to war ;)

Great insight from the speaker.

Brilliant speach.! WOW! At last the truth!

This man is a gem 💎

Excellent! Such a relief to hear someone talk sense for once. 👏Will buy all his books. Thank you!

What a great lecture. It´s so sad American voters don´t listen much to people like him

Lucky students to sit in his classes. Great teacher..

Can’t trust CNN ,Fox or any other news channels…so to get real political analysis I listen to these university lectures.

Here I am watching Russian tanks roll into Ukraine and wish I had watched these lectures before now. If the professor is correct the West has made a colossal blunder in trying to extract Ukraine from Russian influence. DAVID McCabe Dublin Ireland

Very much Informative and Interesting and Eye-opening...!!!🙏🏻👑🕊👍

A thought provoking presentation. Would love to see an update that addresses liberal hegemony and the climate and what are we learning.

My heart was broken during the Iraq liberation when George W and Sir Tony Blair didnt find the WMD and 200,000 had to die 🤒 💕 😢 and no sanctions enforced on US or UK.

Thank you professor for teaching me so much about world affairs.

Nailed it on every level. A lot of people don't understand the ideology of the belief systems.

Even more apparent today. Bless Mearsheimer.

This professor speaks the truth.

Don't get me wrong, he had plenty of detractors before, but I feel like Mearsheimer was cast by some agendas as a fringe nut in the US over the last decade because of his domestic policy stances (addressing social and income inequality, endorsing Sanders, etc). I hate that it seems to have taken the Ukrainian-Russian conflict to spark it, but I'm glad to see people not just discovering him, but learning more about international relations in general. EDIT: thanks for validating my hunches all agendas who replied

Brilliant presentation 👏 👌 👍 🙌

Crusader State, that's what I feel about America! In the old medieval England, people were singing "bring me my bow of burning gold, bring me my arrows of desire... till we have built Jerusalem in England's green and pleasant land", beautiful! And I realize that modern American has that similar mindset - bring me tanks, bring me guns, I want to sow the seeds of democracy all over the world. The level of bravery and idealism is consistent. But there's a difference like the difference between David and Goliath. When a David think this way, it's beautiful and it gives people hope. But when a Goliath inherit this spirit, it's frightening.

Aha!, when Mr Lee Kuan Yew was asked , " why he choosen political science as his major during his younger day," and he replied ," policies which politicians champion and put into force have enormous impact on peoples' lives . " Here again, glad to hear what on this honorable gentleman dissemination, on world order, how it came about, what would be likely next, and also get know some new vocabularies as well. Thank you, sir.

It's really nice to hear a political science major telling the truth....extremely rare, especially these days. We may differ slightly in our views but I have great respect for his work. It's kind of hilarious how he so clearly articulates the fears that "liberal democrats" live by. Spot on. Why do you think they're always silencing anyone who even questions them? Why do you think they accuse all political opponents of trying to subvert "our democracy" (we are a Constitutional Republic with democratic elections...democracy as primary governance is mob rule by majority)? They target their own people in the name of the "bettering society". That's not liberalism. If anything, it's a warped form of democracy that is more akin to authoritarian totalitarianism than anything else.

As usual, Prof. John J. Mearsheimer brilliant, illustrious and eloquent. I take my hat off and say I would like to see him more often in the media for that still pending task of unraveling the masochistic masses from their ignorance fed by certain sectors and remind them that with lies, improvisation and biased policies we will not go anywhere.

It's Craaaaazy how on point this guy is

Great insights. I wonder how many people who warm the seats at the United Nations, NATO, Ambassadors, and US DoD have read these many wonderful books? Based on their conduct we see today especially Ukraine, it does not appear they have read any of these books or listened to his many wonderful distinguished speeches 🤪

Unbelievable! The first decent man I ever heard to. He is absolutely right. What a wonder that such people still lives on this Planet.

His realism spans across political parties.

Thanks for sharing this one

I wish this video would never end

How well he had predicted Ukraine crisis and the US reaction to it. Fascinating learnt about Liberal democratic zealousness amongst the Western political elites. Actually quite gobsmacked at their ignorant insistance on perusing their ideology at any cost. Thank you professor! However, one country was missing from this new axis of power. Iran has big ambitions for the West of Asia and isn't going to be pushed away.

I just ordered this book by John! I also discovered his knowledge while researching the Ukraine conflict.

This professor is amazing! Rockstar indeed!