A Chinese journalist I know just sent me her two substack postings on my debate with YAN Xuetong that nicely supplement the video I previously sent out. These posting include transcripts, pictures and commentary.
FIRST:
YAN Xuetong & John Mearsheimer Conversation: Who Shapes Global Order, and Who Will Win the Competition?
SECOND:
And the QA session
"American Israel Policy is foolish"：Debate Between Mearsheimer &Yan Xuetong
Very happy to see your international fame and participation in international relations and related forums !
My Very Best Wishes to you !
Wish you Great Health and keep on mining Great Ideas for the Mankind !
Appreciate the lectures. Was a little surprised (just a little), that Professor Yan had a good feeling for what is going on in the US. A pleasant surprise.
Do wish that Professor Mearsheimer was a little more careful when talking about the Monroe Doctrine. He greatly oversimplifies it and I think it leads to misunderstandings. I'm no Monroe doctrine expert but I know the British were involved and it did not mean what it came to mean later as US interests changed. It started off as an effort to simply keep European powers from re-colonizing Latin America. It was only when convenient that it became a doctrine that allowed the US to intervene in other countries affairs when they made a botch of things or did something we really did not like.