▁an ▁American ▁ne ore al ist ▁international ▁relations ▁the or ist ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Chicago , ▁assigned ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁responsibility ▁for ▁the ▁crisis ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁the ▁European ▁Union . ▁He ▁offered ▁an ▁inv itation ▁to ▁" im agine ▁the ▁American ▁out rage ▁if ▁China ▁built ▁an ▁impress ive ▁military ▁al liance ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁include ▁Canada ▁and ▁Mexico ", ▁and ▁recommended ▁that ▁" the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁its ▁al lies ▁should ▁abandon ▁their ▁plan ▁to ▁western ise ▁Ukraine ▁and ▁instead ▁aim ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁a ▁neutral ▁buffer ". ▁His ▁article ▁was ▁critic ised ▁by ▁Anders ▁Å sl und ▁of ▁the ▁Pet erson ▁Institute , ▁who ▁said ▁that ▁M ear she imer ▁showed ▁" cont empt ▁for ▁dem ocracy , ▁national ▁so vere ig nt y , ▁and ▁international ▁law ", ▁and ▁that ▁his ▁th esis ▁gave ▁" Russ ia ▁has ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁decide ▁the ▁fate ▁of ▁the ▁countries ▁in ▁its ▁neighbourhood ▁in ▁its ▁own ▁interest ". ▁Writing ▁in ▁World ▁Affairs , ▁Mar iana ▁Bud j ery n ▁also ▁dismiss ed ▁M ear she imer ' s ▁argument , ▁saying ▁" That ▁the ▁Rus si ans ▁failed ▁to ▁design ▁a ▁model ▁of ▁development ▁and ▁a ▁security ▁arrangement ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁equally ▁attract ive ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁require ▁arm - tw isting ▁to ▁keep ▁together ▁is ▁not ▁the ▁west ' s ▁fault . ▁Turn s ▁out , ▁dem ocracy ▁and ▁rule ▁of ▁law ▁is ▁not ▁the ▁west ' s ▁property ▁to ▁ped d le ▁around ▁the ▁world , ▁but