hypothesis testing. Personal politics In 2019, Mearsheimer said his preferred candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary was Bernie Sanders. He has said that economic inequality in the United States was the greatest problem faced by the nation. Selected works Articles "Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault: The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin." Foreign Affairs, vol. 93, no. 5 (Sep.-Oct. 2014), pp. 77–89. . Books The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001. . . The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2007. . . Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics. Oxford University Press. 2011. . . See also Great power Power (international relations) Power projection Realism (international relations) References External links 1947 births Living people 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers American male non-fiction writers American political scientists Cornell University alumni Geopoliticians Harvard Fellows American international relations scholars Non-interventionism People from Croton-on-Hudson, New York Political realists United States Air Force officers United States Military Academy alumni University of Chicago faculty USC School of International Relations alumni