What Measarshimer is missing in his presentation is that Russia's plan with Ukraine is not to be a neutral country but rather a puppet like Belarus.
I smell bias.
I smell bias.
And his proposal, for Ukraine to be a kind of neutral zone, was not for Putin, it was for the USA and Ukraine.. so that Ukraine could survive as an independent country.
Mearsheimer is West point graduate and air force officer... His biases are if anything pro USA.
He still does not address the issue that by remaining neutral Ukraine has a very high chance of becoming a puppet state to Russia.
If he's not biased his thesis is incomplete.