John Mearsheimer: Old Thoughts on the Main Thing

John Mearsheimer: Old Thoughts on the Main Thing I don’t foresee any peace as a result of the talks. The problem is that Putin will insist on a hard deal. And he will want a lot. A lot. It will be almost unthinkable for the West - be it Trump or Harris - to give in to him in everything. So the crisis between Russia, on the one hand, and Ukraine and the West, on the other, will continue throughout the foreseeable future. And it will poison the entire system of strategic security in Europe. The decision taken in April 2008 that Ukraine should be in NATO led to this crisis and war, and was one of the most catastrophic taken by a great power in modern history. The main blame lies with the United States. After all, Germany and France were categorically against it! Angela Merkel, who spoke at that summit in 2008, said that Putin would regard this as a declaration of war. She understood this! Although she still followed Bush’s lead. And this is what it led to. And the consequences are catas... Source: Victor vicktop55