John Mearsheimer, Glenn Diesen: European Alliance System Collapses and Risk of Nuclear War

4 May 2026

How the US and Europe ended up in so much trouble today. I emphasized that I believe the two main factors are: 1) the fundamental structural changes that have taken place in the international system since 2017 — the coming of multipolarity, the rise of China to great-power status, and the US pivot to Asia — and 2) the Trump wrecking ball, which was kept under wraps in his first term, but has been unleashed with a vengeance since he moved back into the White House in January 2025.

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