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John J. Mearsheimer

John J. Mearsheimer

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Political Science

D-Index
39
Citations
30033
World Ranking
512
National Ranking
283

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

John J. Mearsheimer is a scholar affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research spans various areas within the social sciences, with specific attention to political science and international relations, communication, public administration, and gender studies. The primary topics of their work include gender, feminism, and media; labor movements and unions; social media and politics; and international relations and foreign policy.

Mearsheimer has contributed publications across several venues, including:

  • Perspectives on Politics
  • PS Political Science & Politics
  • International Security
  • Russia in Global Affairs
  • Yale University Press eBooks

Their recent papers include:

  • "Liberalism and Nationalism in Contemporary America," 2021, published in PS Political Science & Politics
  • "War and International Politics," 2025, published in International Security
  • "The Inevitable Rivalry," 2022, published in Russia in Global Affairs
  • "Response to C. William Walldorf Jr.'s Review of The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities," 2020, published in Perspectives on Politics
  • "To Shape Our World for Good: Master Narratives and Regime Change in U.S. Foreign Policy, 1900-2011. By C. William Walldorf Jr. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2019. 294p. $39.95 cloth," 2020, published in Perspectives on Politics

They have also published books mainly with Yale University Press and RAND Corporation eBooks. Notable titles include:

  • "How States Think" (2023), Yale University Press
  • "Whither the Liberal International Order? Does an Attenuated Liberal International Order Affect the Propensity, Incidence, and Intensity of Conflict?" (2023), RAND Corporation eBooks

Mearsheimer has collaborated frequently with other researchers, with the most common coauthors being Sebastian Rosato, Charles Lipson, S. R. Wilkinson, Susanna P. Campbell, and Stéphanie C. Hofmann.

In recognition of their academic contributions, Mearsheimer was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003.

Best Publications

  • The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • The False Promise of International Institutions

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • Back to the Future: Instability in Europe After the Cold War

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • The False Promise of International Institutions

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  • The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

    John J. Mearsheimer;Stephen M. Walt

  • Back to the Future: Instability in Europe after the Cold War

    Unknown

  • Why the Ukraine Crisis is the West’s Fault. The Liberal Delusions that Provoked Putin

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • The Gathering Storm: China’s Challenge to US Power in Asia

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • China’s Unpeaceful Rise

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • Bound to Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Liberal International Order

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • Why We Will Soon Miss the Cold War

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

    John J. Mearsheimer;Stephen M. Walt

  • An Unnecessary War

    John J. Mearsheimer;Stephen M. Walt

  • A Realist Reply

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • Leaving theory behind: Why simplistic hypothesis testing is bad for International Relations

    John J. Mearsheimer;Stephen M. Walt

  • The Case for a Ukrainian Nuclear Deterrent

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

    G. John Ikenberry;John J. Mearsheimer

  • Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • Conventional Deterrence

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  • Why We Will Soon Miss the Cold War

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  • The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

    P. F. Coogan;John J. Mearsheimer

  • Reckless States and Realism

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • The Future of the American Pacifier

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • Why the Soviets Can't Win Quickly in Central Europe

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • E.H. Carr vs. Idealism: The Battle Rages On

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence in Europe

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities

    John J. Mearsheimer

  • The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

    L. Carl Brown;John J. Mearsheimer;Stephen M. Walt

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen M. Walt
Stephen M. Walt Harvard University
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski Center for Strategic and International Studies
Robert O. Keohane
Robert O. Keohane Princeton University
G. John Ikenberry
G. John Ikenberry Princeton University
Bruce Russett
Bruce Russett Yale University
Ken Booth
Ken Booth Aberystwyth University
Stanley Hoffmann
Stanley Hoffmann Harvard University
L. Carl Brown
L. Carl Brown Princeton University

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