maybe not bullshit
certainly not a mainstream west opinion
but it is usually worth looking at other perspectives
here is a brief biography of John J. Mearsheimer
Professor Mearsheimer has written extensively about security issues and international politics more generally. He has published six 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, 2014), which won the Joseph Lepgold Book Prize and has been translated into nine different languages;
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 twenty-four different languages;
Why Leaders Lie: The Truth about Lying in International Politics (2011), which has been translated into twelve different languages; and
The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities (2018) which has been translated into five different languages.
He has also written many articles that have appeared in academic journals like
International Security, and popular magazines like
Foreign Affairs and the
London Review of Books. Furthermore he has written op-ed pieces for newspapers like the
New York Times and the
Financial Times dealing with topics like Bosnia, nuclear proliferation, US policy towards India, the failure of Arab-Israeli peace efforts, the folly of invading Iraq, the causes of the Ukrainian crisis, and the likelihood of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons.
Finally, Professor Mearsheimer holds a number of awards and honors. 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. 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. He received honorary doctorates from universities in China, Greece, and Romania; and in 2003, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Website
John Mearsheimer, PhD Cornell 1980
https://political-science.uchicago.edu/directory/john-mearsheimer