Mearsheimer: A Left critique

Filed by Elara Myst

 By Prof. Gerald SussmanGlobal Research, September 22, 2026 John Mearsheimer, professor of international relations at the University of Chicago, has used his star power to articulate an accessible, forceful, and largely well-received critique of US interventions: in the Americas, most recently in the attacks on Venezuela and the energy blockade of Cuba, eastern Europe (Ukraine), and, with Israel, the Middle East. He is one of the few academics who publicly describes Hezbollah as a defensiv