‘Germany is going to suffer…’ Mearsheimer Warns Germany Will Pay for the Ukraine Catastrophe

'Danced to our tune....' 

24-10-2026

 ‘Germany is going to suffer…’ Mearsheimer Warns Germany Will Pay for the Ukraine Catastrophe

Mearsheimer says 'the Europeans danced to our tune' on Ukraine and NATO. 'The United States runs NATO.' What You Need to Know: • Europe's role: John Mearsheimer says the United States runs NATO and Europeans do what Washington tells them, including on Ukraine's membership. • Germany: he says Berlin, as in 2008, 'caved in big time' and will suffer enormously from the war's consequences. • Poland and the buffer zone: he says he warned Poland that expanding NATO into Ukraine was like 'poking a hornet's nest' and that Russia wanted Ukraine as a buffer zone. • Bucharest 2008: he agrees with a former EU diplomat that the NATO decision showed multilateral incompetence, and blames the Bush administration. • His method: he says he counted Russia's forces and invites critics to send contrary evidence, though he sees none yet. • Tone: he jokes that nuance is not his modus operandi while defending his argument against EUI scholars. Speaker: John Mearsheimer, University of Chicago political scientist. Recorded at the European University Institute in Florence, June 2022. Claims in this video are Mearsheimer's own analysis. #mearsheimer, #nato, #europe, #germany, #ukrainewar, #merkel, #geopolitics john mearsheimer, mearsheimer nato europe, mearsheimer europeans danced to our tune, who runs nato, does the us control nato, jens stoltenberg how many divisions, why did germany agree to ukraine nato, merkel ukraine nato 2008, germany ukraine war consequences, nato buffer zone poland ukraine, poland nato ukraine hornet's nest, bucharest summit 2008 multilateral incompetence, robert cooper nato bucharest, uk role bucharest nato 2008, cuban missile crisis nato comparison, mearsheimer nuance, nato About NDTV World: NDTV World provides comprehensive analysis of global affairs, international diplomacy, military strategy, and major breaking geopolitical developments. Follow NDTV World: • Web: ndtv.com/world • X (Twitter): https://x.com/NDTVWORLD • Instagram:   / ndtvworld   • LinkedIn:   / ndtvworld  

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