John Mearsheimer

John J. Mearsheimer

  • Title: R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in Political Science and the College
  • Education: PhD, MA, both from Cornell University; MA, University of Southern California; BS, West Point
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 1982
  • j-mearsheimer@uchicago.edu

John J. Mearsheimer

John J. Mearsheimer is one of the nation’s leading experts on international relations and has written extensively about military issues and international politics.

He has published five books: Conventional Deterrence (1983), which won the Edgar S. Furniss, Jr., Book Award; Liddell Hart and the Weight of History (1988); The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2014), which won the Georgetown University Joseph Lepgold Book Prize; The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy with Stephen Walt (2007) and Why Leaders Lie: The Truth about Lying in International Politics (2011).

He has also written many articles that have appeared in academic journals like International Security, and popular magazines like the London Review of Books. Furthermore, he has written a number of op-ed pieces for the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times dealing with topics like Ukraine, Bosnia, nuclear proliferation, U.S. policy toward India, the failure of Arab-Israeli peace efforts and the invasion of Iraq.

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Russian president makes 'plea for caution' in Syria

Prof. John Mearsheimer says Vladimir Putin's 'brilliant op-ed' provides reasonable peace proposal


President Obama to address nation on Syria

Prof. John Mearsheimer discusses possible chemical weapons deal to avert U.S. military action in Syria


The politics of military intervention in Syria

Prof. John Mearsheimer argues that, lacking a clear stake or solution, the United States should not intervene in Syria


America and Syria on the brink

Prof. John Mearsheimer believes U.S. military intervention would worsen situation in Syria


No such thing as a free trip?

Prof. John Mearsheimer says sponsored trips for academics to Israel cannot disguise realities of occupation of Palestinian territories


God's Jewish Warriors

Prof. John Mearsheimer discusses Israel's political clout in the United States


Debate: Should Iran get the bomb?

Prof. John Mearsheimer discusses possibility of nuclear Iran, says they would be unlikely to use bomb offensively


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