Decades of Islamophobia, relentless propaganda campaigns and heavily financed lobbying efforts have made it difficult to understand the political realities of the Middle East. John Mearsheimer, prominent political scientist, University of Chicago professor and self-proclaimed realist, has consistently demonstrated the courage and ability to bypass the noise, delivering honest and well-informed analysis on global affairs.... Read More

In response to my article yesterday about China’s plan for the world, I got several complaints about the claim I made that China has not built up its military in the way that John Mearsheimer predicted that it would. I stand by this statement as being fundamentally true, though as is often noted by both... Read More

In the video below, Prof. John Mearsheimer describes Israel as an albatross around America’s neck, as having attempted to get the U.S. into a war with Iran for long time, and as playing “very dangerous game� by bombing the Iranian embassy in Damascus. This was recorded before the Iranian retaliation. So far at least, the... Read More