John Mearsheimer
An American political scientist and the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982
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“Ukraine is gonna lose, and is gonna lose reasonably soon.”
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“It's hard for me at this point to imagine the Ukrainians hanging on in any meaningful way beyond 2025”
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“Well, I think it's ridiculous to think that Ukraine can hold the line in 2024. [...] The real danger is the Ukrainians are gonna be defeated by the Russian over the course of this year and next year. That, I think, is the more likely outcome. ”
— Interview on Daniel Davis' Deep Dive
“And we're now in a situation where the Ukrainians are doomed to lose. There's just, in my opinion, no way they can win. ”
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“My view is that he didn't have any intention of invading Ukraine. Putin is surely smart enough to know that invading Ukraine and owning it would be a prescription for huge trouble secondly if he invades Ukraine we have made it clear in the West that we'll go to great lengths to cripple the Russian economy so there will be significant economic costs, in addition to the costs of running an occupation in a huge country filled with people who don't want you there.”
— Interview with King's Politics podacast of King's College