John Mearsheimer

**John J. Mearsheimer** (; lahir Desember 1947) adalah dosen ilmu politik Universitas Chicago, Amerika Serikat. Ia merupakan teoriwan hubungan internasional. Ia dikenal sebagai penulis buku tahun 2001 tentang neorealisme ofensif, *[[The Tragedy of Great Power Politics]]*. Mearsheimer juga dikenal sebagai penulis buku ''New York Times'' Best Seller *[[The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy]]* (2007) bersama Stephen Walt. Buku karyanya tahun 2011, *Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics*, disebut sebagai daftar "segala jenis kebohongan yang disampaikan antara satu negara dengan negara yang lain." Menurut wawancara bersama Mearsheimer di *[[The Boston Globe]]*, pelajaran yang dapat diambil dari buku tersebut adalah, "Berbohonglah secara selektif, berbohonglah dengan cerdas, dan kuasai bidang yang kamu lakukan."

## Kehidupan Awal dan Pendidikan
Penulis yang lahir di Brooklyn, Kota New York ini berasal dari keluarga yang berketurunan Irish dan Jerman. pada umur 8 tahun, John Mearsheimer pindah ke Croton-on-Hudson, New York, di Westchester County.

## Karya
* *Conventional Deterrence* (Cornell University Press, 1983) ISBN 0-8014-1569-1 
* *Liddell Hart and the Weight of History* (1988) ISBN 0-8014-2089-X 
* *[[The Tragedy of Great Power Politics]]* (2001) ISBN 0-393-02025-8 
* *[[The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy]]* (2007) ISBN 978-0-374-17772-0 
* *[[Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics]]* (Oxford University Press, 2011) ISBN 978-0-19-975873-9 

## Lihat pula
* Neorealisme
* Kenneth Waltz
* Adikuasa
* Hegemoni
* Realisme
* Kekuasaan politik
* Proyeksi kekuasaan

## Referensi

## Pranala luar

* John Mearsheimer's Home Page
* All Publications by John Mearsheimer
* Why China Cannot Rise Peacefully, video of John Mearsheimer presentation, October 17, 2012
* ''Conversations With History'' Interview , conducted by the Institute of International Studies at Berkeley
* ''Theory Talks'' Interview
* E.H. Carr vs. Idealism: The Battle Rages On by John Mearsheimer
* ''Hans Morgenthau and the Iraq War: Realism Versus Neo-Conservatism'' by John J. Mearsheimer, OpenDemocracy, May 19, 2005
* Recent survey  recognizing Mearsheimer as one of the five most important IR scholars of his time.
* The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy  A Harvard Study, March, 2006
* WSJ response to Mearsheimer-Walt working paper on the Israel Lobby
* Kennedy School removes its logo from lobby 'study'  Rosner's Blog, *[[Haaretz]]*, March 22, 2006
* Analysis of ''The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy'' 
* "A Lobby, Not a Conspiracy" by Tony Judt, ''The New York Times'', April 20, 2006
* "Yes, It's Anti-Semitic" by Eliot A. Cohen, ''Washington Post'', April 5, 2006
* (a response to the critiques) John Mearsheimer & Stephen Walt, May 11, 2006
* Transcript of C-SPAN interview, June 23, 2006
* What the Israel lobby wants, it too often gets  Mearsheimer and Walt respond to their critics in *Foreign Policy*
* Video debate about the Israel lobby in the US involving John Mearsheimer and Bruce Feiler on Bloggingheads.tv
* "Middle East: Know the Limits of U.S. Power", *[[Newsweek]]*, Published Nov 29, 2008, from the magazine issue dated Dec 8, 2008.
* "Another War, Another Defeat"  on Gaza conflict, *The American Conservative*, January 26, 2009 Issue
* Participant in panel, ''Congratulations, You Won... What Now? U.S. Presidential Election Special'' at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
* Participant in panel, ''The Middle East: Crisis and Conflict'' at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
* Participant in panel, ''The U.S. Military in Iraq: Who is Winning?'' at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library