Daily Archives: September 26, 2015

Book Review: The Israel Lobby

Daniel Levy writes from Israel: I have not commented thus far on the publication of the Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer book on the Israel lobby. The reason is simple – I agreed to review the book for Haaretz and … Continue reading

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The Israel Lobby

Israeli peace activist and journalist Uri Avnery writes: There are books that change people’s consciousness and change history. Some tell a story, like Harriet Beech Stowe’s 1851 “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, which gave a huge impetus to the campaign for the … Continue reading

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It’s Lobbying, but Is It Really pro-Israel?

M.J. Rosenberg wrote for Haaretz in 2007: Critics of “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” by John J. Mearsheimer and Steven M. Walt (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), cannot be surprised that the attacks on the book prior to publication … Continue reading

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Australians should fear the rise of China

John J. Mearsheimer writes in 2010: The United States has been the most powerful state on the planet for many decades, and has deployed robust military forces in the Asia-Pacific region since the early years of the second world war. … Continue reading

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“Can China Rise Peacefully?” with Dr. John Mearsheimer

This guy is brilliant. Published on Apr 1, 2013: Dr. John Mearsheimer, the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, presents his recent theories on the rise of China. The lecture took place … Continue reading

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