Mearsheimer i nędza jego realizmu
Mearsheimer and the Poverty of His Realism

Summary/Abstract: In the article Roman Kuźniar takes a critical stance on the widely discussed article by John Mearsheimer, an article in which the University of Chicago professor blames the West for the Ukrainian crisis. Mearsheimer reiterates that both UE and NATO enlargement could not but be seen as threats to Russian interests. With Western plans to bring Ukraine and Georgia to the EU and possibly to NATO as well, Russia could not have reacted otherwise. Kuźniar contradicts Mearsheimer’s position, pinpointing to longtime Western efforts to build bridges towards Moscow and to include Russia in close cooperation with NATO, EU, G-8 membership, etc. None of that worked, because Russia wanted to be respected as yet another Soviet Union. Kuźniar’s view is that the right way to deal with “new Russia” is not to appease her, but to contain her aggressive tendencies.

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