John Mearsheimer
speaker
2,303 appearances
7 recordings
5 series
first heard Nov 2023
last heard 28 May
John Mearsheimer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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He's threatening to take Greenland.
He's playing hardball with the Europeans.
And this is not great power politics.
Trump is a very smart man in the sense that he understands that he cannot beat up on the Chinese or on the Russians.
He has to work out some sort of modus vivendi with them, at least for the time being.
But for weaker countries, middle-sized countries, including allies, and smaller countries, including allies, he's willing to play hardball with them.
He's willing to whipsaw them.
And this is what you see taking place today.
Well, if you listen to Mark Carney speak, he believes that these middle powers can pursue a third way.
and that they can form a non-aligned movement
He believes, and he says this very clearly, that these middle-range powers can create their own institutions.
And in that regard, I think he's wrong.
It's great powers that create institutions.
It's great powers that create international orders.
And countries like Canada have remarkably little maneuver room.
So I think he's wrong in thinking that he can do that.
Now, with regard to what the international order looks like moving forward, it is important to understand that President Trump is taking a sledgehammer to the international order.
If you think about NATO, he is, I think, trying to wreck NATO.
He has no interest in maintaining NATO.
He has little interest in the alliance.
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