Lying in International Politics with John Mearsheimer

Speaker Bio John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science and the co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982. He graduated from West Point in 1970 and then served five years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. He then started graduate school in political science at Cornell University in 1975. He received his Ph.D. in 1980. He spent the 1979-1980 academic year as a research fellow at the Brookings Institution, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs from 1980 to 1982. During the 1998-1999 academic year, he was the Whitney H. Shepardson Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Professor Mearsheimer has written extensively about security issues and international politics more generally. He has published four 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 (2001), which won the Joseph Lepgold Book Prize; and The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy (with Stephen M. Walt, 2007), which made the New York Times best seller list and has been translated into seventeen different languages. 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 Bosnia, nuclear proliferation, American policy towards India, the failure of Arab-Israeli peace efforts, and the folly of invading Iraq. Finally, Professor Mearsheimer has won a number of teaching awards. He received the Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching when he was a graduate student at Cornell in 1977, and he won the Quantrell Award for Distinguished Teaching at the University of Chicago in 1985. In addition, he was selected as a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar for the 1993-1994 academic year. In that capacity, he gave a series of talks at eight colleges and universities. In 2003, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

[@madtrade]

we need more of this !

[@sparkytuttle2966]

It is like he had a crystal ball and could see into the years 2020 - 2022. Interestingly this was done in Canada. The last few years of suffering under Castro has to shock the Canadian people at exactly how he has been proven true.

[@chrisspeksnijder1717]

All really fine. And the exceptional afterburner by prof j mearsheimer

[@guvnoradesco]

Nice...I need to get a copy of this interesting piece

[@user-dx2bf7nr2p]

I love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@takepartlive]

People needs to try and vote more often!

[@minnaingaung-melbourne6619]

Intellectual value of thought, and wishful word of self-criticism over its own sate's political system and what politicians have made mistakes and lie about state politic and its public, so clear presentation of grate words from excellence speaker. Lie, truth and myth withing politic within state...these realist connection are unavoidable, but in order not to repeat the same mistake not to happen again, American political system and its institutions have been connected for balance of over to collect the mistakes of politicians and to expend the truth and knowledge to its citizens, these kinds of lovely opportunity we can find anywhere on this planet, existing political system of state, and its political form. ( these are good things of america)Therefore american's has more freedom of intellectual exception and liberty than any other states. Lie is in some case, necessary tactic for states political for fear-mongering in he name of defending fatherland and state's national interest, to pursue necessary state power in order to practice heir lie of policy,but when error happens due to fairer of those politician's mistake of lie, state and public have been paid enormous price, that mistake of policy fairer given golden opportunity for other rival state become healthy of access to recover from their wounds. These are realist reasoning and main contributed factors for the rise of China, and any other state through the globe, and failed of Japan's its economic status from world no(2). In these day, when we use the words of capitalism, so many people has changed their face and step their feet back father, and pretend not to be hear: but in reality we all are living under the unreliable of global capitalism, including so-called communist or socialist state are desperately tried to dance and enjoy with capitalist economic system and capital investment. Each of them competing in constant of fight to achieve foreign capital investments and export and import of raw and natureal resource and selling their own domestic markets. When we critics capitalism economy, and has been label and accused of having tried to overthrow the existing government of state system or radicalizing of extremist terrorist, but no-of these accusation are truth, all are lies. If we as human to live in better world ans safer global political system, we must dare to see realistic existing situation and criticism of positive approach toward existing political and economical system, this iare real democracy and democratic rights of mankind, for better and brighter future. American needs to share its huge burden of global security worrying in he name of fear-mongering, reduce the lies against truth, for he sake of security and prosperity, not only withing narrow boundary of stat and its own citizens, but for the whole world, truth for global justice. I personally believe new American reborn again with farm stand of global truly leadership with other big-power states, and it will gain love and support from people of this entire planet, because American is owing the excellence social, and political institution, governing state political system and more liberty than anywhere else on this planet. So going on... Min Naing Aung( Melbourne).

[@eleonoraformatoneeszczepan8807]

Then again ... just maybe ... ? "The fundamental things apply As time goes by" "On that you can rely No matter what the future brings As time goes by" "It's still the same old story A fight for love and glory A case of do or die The world will always welcome lovers As time goes by" Lyrics, "As Time Goes By", song by Dooley Wilson. Who knows ... ?

[@ritchybinoo9150]

A majority of U.S politicians have their two seeds firmly gripped in the palm of a foreign lobby! The grip tightens or loosens depending on how much one is detestful or complacent to israeli crimes against humanity!

[@cesarmiguelpimentel1040]

Lying "because of national interest" or "for a strategic purpose" is not lying for selfish reasons...it's simply machiavellianism. "The ends justifies the means". Pure politics.

[@xzyeee]

What about propaganda? Isn't that a form of lying? Doesn't lying have a strong correlation with power seeking and preservation? I wonder if the Professor would change any aspect of this lecture today. I wonder what he would change if indeed he could change anything in this lecture. (Do the Panama Files matter?)

[@susieweir9847]

Professor, how many of your CIGI hosts are squirming uncomfortably in their seats. How much you want to bet!

[@eleonoraformatoneeszczepan8807]

... I don't have anything to say ... anymore ... what's the point ... 21 replies. ... which reply isn't showing? Oh ... got it ... guessed and deleted ... now it shows 20 replies ... which lines up with the 20 replies showing here just below. Sounds like, for some, the issue is concern over influence and from where, along with reinforcing positions, more so than the welfare and best interests, of a child, adults, and or present generations, as is, as well as into the future.?

[@eleonoraformatoneeszczepan8807]

Mearsheimer still seems lovely ... what do I know though ... I could be wrong.

[@eleonoraformatoneeszczepan8807]

... reservation prices ... seems more like what is hoped for ... until ... things become mutually, real ... or things remain as they are, in theory ... ?

[@eleonoraformatoneeszczepan8807]

... verify ... how about authentication? John Mearsheimer seems lovely and sounds like an adult (not frustrating). I'm sorry, this is not on topic and probably sounds almost pathetic, however, somehow, I've got no one to talk with. Would it be too difficult to organise a sort of conversation pal mentor? 3:45 min ... "two-way conversation ... " 3:57 min ... "how to reach that ... audience in ways that are different ... " 4:18 min ... 4:23 min ... "Joseph Nye on the Future of Soft Power and Public Diplomacy" (USC Annenberg) "Soft power scholar Joseph Nye discusses the new challenges faced by public diplomacy prac... " There's also a ted talk that says isolation is a dream killer or something like that, and Harvard has researched something not dissimilar over a long term, as in, like 80 years. So, what a good idea, to reach out, and, in that spirit, would it be ridiculous if ... I feel like going, what the hey ... Would it be ridiculous if a person who is able to contact someone trustworthy and knowledgeable facilitated contact, so that I have a person to talk with ... ? Is that too much to ask? I'm in Adelaide ... and ... John Mearsheimer seems lovely and sounds like an adult (not frustrating). I can't get through to any one, as in, can't actually reach anyone to be able to establish raport, have two way communication, make contacts or to maintain, e.t.c. ... (and this is Australia) ... things are not ok ... everything is not ok ... I'm literally barely getting through, isolated, no washing machine ... struggling ... medical physical condition ... ... yes ... haven't seen my primary school aged daughter since 2018 ... in disbelief ... ... yeah ... ... time it can't be traced ... To put things in perspective, I'm divorced (since 2018), met my now x-husband in 1999 at uni, ... and, no, I'm not a youth or young adult ... there is no 'o' or 't' or 't' at the start of my age on paper, haven't been able to get in contact with a trustworthy lawyer ... haven't seen my primary school aged daughter for three/four years (since 2018) or establish contact with ... I've not had much success with tele communication in general, it seems, and physically (a combination of medical: systemic like arthritis and various, and, lack of everyday resources: living on camping gear and is not having a washing machine in Australia sort of like OHS being disregarded?) and financially stuck (unemployed), in a temporary place I didn't want to move into, that is owned by my x- husband's parents. I'm stuck. Despite the rumours, I have no plans to leave this earth ... climbing into a small capsule which is part of a rocket to then be blasted against gravity into the vacuum of space ... yeah, I know: what is wrong with me, right? ... Having said that ... a mentor, in general, from any (as long as it's above board) sphere of life, would be appreciated - I'm needing to start as if from scratch in all areas and could do with a little bit of guidance/advice, from possibly not just one type of mentor (like for practical life guidance, career, ... e.t.c.). John Mearsheimer seems lovely and sounds like an adult (not frustrating). Stay well. Peace. Eleonora Formato née Szczepanowski South Australia 0417 579 364 eleonorawithcharlotte g mail ('Charlotte', in my email address, is my daughter's name.) Although, not sure what is happening with emails I send. Sent an email to news sky ... don't know if it got there ... ... eleonorawithcharlotte g mail ... My comments (yesterday/earlier today) are not staying anywhere on yt ... they disappear within about 17 to 30 seconds or straight away, on first refresh or while editing and it then unavailable to post or ... problem with server [404] ... and, fb has been blanket disabling comment functions on fb at times ... with failed to post and '!' symbol ... also, not sure what has happened to my linkedin account ..."Sorry, we couldn’t find that post. Let’s try again… Retry" ... "Something went wrong. We're having issues loading the page. Go to your feed" ... "This profile is not available. Retry" ... Hi Tim, I don't know if this is actually your email or if you will see this. I'm sorry - I don't know who to contact. I have no one to talk to. I trusted your advice in 2017, however, since then I've been unable to reach you. If you could please let me know who I can contact: things are beyond dire, and I don't say that lightly. I've not seen my daughter since 2018 and I just had some realestate person knock on the door saying I have to be out by tomorrow - warrant of possession? May 31 ( x-in-laws place ... medical totally ignored ... I haven't even ...) Please. Message was blocked ... the email, automated reply ... The last time I tried to use registered post, to confirm communication was getting through to Tim, a reply came from a completely different department? ... everything is not ok ... What is a 550 Administrative prohibition - envelope blocked - Ok ... it is no longer pan pan ... now it is mayday ... and ... sos ...

[@eleonoraformatoneeszczepan8807]

That's right ...

[@eleonoraformatoneeszczepan8807]

Trust ... ? ... how trustworthy is ..., if that comment disappeared ... ? Originally, a post on facebook ...

[@toxyctony1951]

yea yea ukrainians should have listened

[@angel_ia]

Lying for 'hollywood' stuff?