John J. Mearsheimer - Public Affairs Commentary

Public Affairs Commentary

John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, "Israel's false friends: U.S. presidential candidates aren't doing the Jewish state any favors by offering unconditional support," Los Angeles Times, January 6, 2008. [html]
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, "The Israel Lobby," London Review of Books, Vol. 28, No. 6 (March 23, 2006), pp. 3-12. Reprinted in numerous places. [html] Also see John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, "Letters: The Israel Lobby," London Review of Books, Vol. 28, No. 9 (May 11, 2006), pp. 4-5. [html] For a comprehensive survey of the debate generated by this piece, see its Wikipedia entry. [html]
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," Faculty Research Working Paper No. RWP06-011, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, March 13, 2006. [pdf] For a revised, updated, and unabridged version, see John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," Middle East Policy, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Fall 2006), pp. 1-59.
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, "The War over Israel's Influence," Foreign Policy, No. 155 (July/August 2006), pp. 57-58, 64-66. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer, "The Rise of China will Not Be Peaceful at All," The Australian, November 18, 2005. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer, "Hans Morgenthau and the Iraq War: Realism versus Neo-Conservatism," opendemocracy.com, posted May 19, 2005. [pdf] Excerpted as "Realism is Right," in The National Interest, No. 81 (Fall 2005), p. 10. Also published as "Hans Morgenthau und der Irakkrieg: Realismus versus Neokonservatismus," in Merkur, Vol. 59, No. 677/678 (September-October 2005), pp. 836-844. Also published as "A Case Study of Iraq - Analogies to Vietnam?" in Christian Hacke, Gottfried-Karl Kindermann, and Kai M. Schellhorn, eds., The Heritage, Challenge, and Future of Realism (Gottingen: V&R Unipress, 2005), pp. 139-148.
John J. Mearsheimer, "Clash of the Titans," A Debate with Zbigniew Brzezinski on the Rise of China, Foreign Policy, No. 146, pp. 46-49. [pdf] For a transcript of John J. Mearsheimer's opening statement at the debate, held on September 14, 2004, click on the following icon. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer, "Real World," letter published in the New Republic, August 9, 2004, p. 4. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, "Keeping Saddam Hussein in a Box," New York Times, February 2, 2003. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, "An Unnecessary War," Foreign Policy, No. 134 (January-February, 2003), pp. 50-59. Reprinted in Australian Financial Review, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (Germany), Prospect (UK), Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland), Magyar Narancs (Hungary), Foreign Policy-Arabic Edition, Foreign Policy-Turkish Edition, Gestion (Ecuador), Opposing Viewpoints: Middle East (Gale Group); and in Micah L. Sifry and Christopher Cerf, eds., The Iraq Reader: History, Documents, Opinions (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003), pp. 414-424. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer, "Hearts and Minds," The National Interest, No. 69 (Fall 2002), pp. 13-16. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer et al., "War with Iraq Is Not in America's National Interest," New York Times paid advertisement, September 26, 2002. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer, "Guns Won't Win the Afghan War," New York Times, November 4, 2001. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer, "The Impossible Partition," New York Times, January 11, 2001. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer, "India Needs The Bomb," New York Times, March 24, 2000. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen Van Evera, "Redraw the Map, Stop the Killing," New York Times, April 19, 1999. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer, "A Peace Agreement That's Bound To Fail," New York Times, October 19, 1998. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer, "Here We Go Again," New York Times, May 17, 1998. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer, "The Only Exit From Bosnia," New York Times, October 7, 1997. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen Van Evera, "Hateful Neighbors," New York Times, September 24, 1996. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer, "Shrink Bosnia to Save It," New York Times, March 31, 1993. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer, "Will Iraq Fight or Fold Its Tent? Liberation in Less Than a Week," New York Times, February 8, 1991. [pdf]
John J. Mearsheimer, "A War the U.S. Can Win - Decisively," Chicago Tribune, January 15, 1991. [pdf]

Updated: February 19, 2008

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