“ Mearsheimer's problem has been that he's still standing back in the 1980s” - this is true. However, the Overton’s window in Russia also shifted back to the 80

“ Mearsheimer's problem has been that he's still standing back in the 1980s” - this is true. However, the Overton’s window in Russia also shifted back to the 80s making Mearsheimer correct, but in a weird - broken clock kind of way. The whole thing became a self fulfilling prophecy once US diplomats started sharing theories of great powers and spheres of influence with their counterparts