Japan Is Collapsing: The Final Warning for the Post-Cold War Western Order | Prof. John Mearsheimer

Japan is facing an unprecedented crisis that goes far beyond economics. Worldrenowned realist scholar Professor John Mearsheimer explains why Japan’s demographic collapse, geopolitical entrapment between the US and China, exploding debt, and failing monetary experiments are not isolated problems, but the first clear signal that the entire postCold War Westernled global order is reaching its breaking point. What is happening in Tokyo today will soon hit Washington, Brussels, and every major Western capital tomorrow.

In this urgent analysis, Mearsheimer reveals how the assumptions of endless globalization, American hegemony, and limitless financial engineering are collapsing under the weight of greatpower rivalry, supply chain weaponization, and irreversible structural decline. This is the wake up call the West can no longer ignore.

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🌍 End of unipolar world order
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39 Comments

  1. Japan outsourced supply chains and manufacturing, which left an enormous % of young men without jobs. These men – then – could never afford to get married and in turn had no children. Stupid.

  2. Post this poem for those who grew up reading Japanese comic books and enjoying sushi and knowing nothing about the true Japan:

    How courteous is the Japanese;
    He always says, “Excuse it, please.”
    He climbs into his neighbor's garden,
    And smiles, and says, “I beg your pardon”;
    He bows and grins a friendly grin,
    And calls his hungry family in;
    He grins, and bows a friendly bow;
    “So sorry, this my garden now.”

    by Ogden Nash, 1938

  3. Nice AI voice-over. But did Mearsheimer really say all of this? – the first section looks believable – but when the image switches to his picture, the incongruent intonation is obviously fake to have been his own spoken word. So have you got the AI to "read" text authored by Mearsheimer, or have you inserted your own words? A statement for the sake of transparency would be nice. Otherwise you are being deceitful. Aren't you?

  4. Would someone PLEASE flush this charlatan. This fraud cherry picks facts, then constructs an alternative illusory universe for frustrated folks (like myself often) and then markets it as a lucrative lecture tour. He's wrong about EVERYTHING. Mop his slop up and take it to the dumpster.

  5. What's wrong with the new Japan PM? Your country is going downhill, and you try to piss off your big customer and trading partner? Both China and Taiwan are laughing at you now.

  6. 日本真正的困境,是经济衰落。
    日本右翼做这些,目的营造周边国家安全威胁,获得高民意支持他们修宪,要突破和平宪法,要用核武器!
    突破和平宪法,真的能救日本经济衰落困境吗?除非重演日本军国主义复辟!日本不对外扩张和吞并,突破和平宪法对扭转日本国内经济反而雪上加霜。所以,日本右翼真正野心是啥不用装傻!
    中国能看着装不懂么? 日本修宪不成功还好,修宪如果成功,那必须先把日本灭掉!
    习近平如果不敢打,那就换掉习近平再打!这次必须把日本军国主义彻底清除掉,中国现在有这个能力!
    中国不能再同一个深渊中,掉下去两次!

  7. 天安門事件前までは
    中国と日本の関係はとても良い関係を築いていました しかし
    天安門事件後中国は反日教育を始めました それによって 中国と日本は 良い関係を築くことが難しくなってしまいました
    中国人が中国政府と敵対関係にならないようにする為に日本という敵を作ったのです

  8. I can only Conclude that Japan is Still a Vassal of the USA; But,more Importantly,Trump has Probably Threatened Japan that the USA will 'Drop a Few Thermo-Nuclear Bombs' on Tokyo and other Japanese Cities/Islands,UNLESS they Follow ORDERS!!!

  9. ソビエトが崩壊し その流れは中国にも来ていた なぜ中国は民主主義国家になれなかったのか
    国際金融資本家 (ユダヤ人)
    日本の経済を破壊するために中国を強い国にしたのだ
    日本の技術はほとんど中国に渡した
    そして日本の経済は弱体化した

  10. Their Is ONLY ONE Patriotic Act that the American People can Do to get their Country out of this HOLE!!!……and that is to REDUCE Labour Cost by 50-60%!!

  11. Kind of misses the point. CCP and the people they “own” in certain political factions thru corruption are meddling in Japanese society to cause chaos and upset ordinary citizens. Despite the lost decades ordinary people did ok in JP but perhaps HNW individuals didn’t feel they were siphoning off enough. Now this all Stinks of Globalists and Oligarchs meddling too. Citizens are sick of it. Ordinary people are feeling increasingly impoverished , while those buying multi million dollar homes have never had it so good….sound familiar? I respect M but he talks as if it’s all so very rational, yet it appears far more sinister. He misses this point completely. All the squabbling about Taiwan is theatre. It’s a great dog whistle for racists to start running down Japan as “losing” the war with China, and having to endlessly pay ransom to China to stop them turning on the emotional crap with their own population. Time for Japan to grow up for sure, with growing pains. Tokyo citizens are VERY happy if less Chinese tourists come our way. If you hate and bad mouth Japan stop buying property here, and stop coming here. Decent law abiding people who understand common sense, always welcome from any country!

  12. is high time to stop all these BS , Nonsense !.
    USA has, had been the Super Power, Richest Nation till now, and still is .
    Where the Trillions upon TRILLIONS GO, NOW !.
    USA spent gargantum huge CRAZY amount on Wars, Wars by, from USA – one example, but the Monies Spent here, all Go into where, or whose accounts, benefits now !.
    Globalisation brought huge profits to American Corporations, another example.
    So, where the SPIN right.
    Just that, a handful or small percentage of Americans GOT very, very RICH !.
    And, US Political System gone berserk – Politicians mainly for own-self gains, benefits, power etc.

  13. Forgive me for being blunt, but would it be safe to say that the era when the West, headed by the US, could bully others is coming to a close? Countries like China are now able to demand a little more respect.

  14. LMAO. This is all AI. Nothing more. Propaganda by China. Make no mistake. The entire West is united and prepared to go to war. China is in no position to go to war either. You think the Chinese public will accept millions of their 1 child population heading to a war in which billions will die? What is sad is the CCP is doing all of this to take eyes off it's failure in it's economic system. China is good at some things. It's great at surveillance of it's citizenry. It's great at copying and stealing. It's great at demanding others stop the same shit they do. The Chinese people need to understand something. The West is not your enemy. The West wants to see a prosperous and democratic China. We do not want to see an aggressive and authoritarian government the likes of Mao which would lead this world to war and to the loss of billions of lives. The Chinese people have many brilliant and honorable citizens. The attack on Taiwan will lead to WW3, it will lead to complete decoupling from China and it will 100% guarantee chaos on a level never seen before.

  15. Japan trade with many countries for years until China similar products takes over Jap foreign markets. Then Jap trade with us grew until US raised high tariff , Now Jap is in a cross road whether it should trade more with China or still pivot to the US market. But US is in the process of home-shoring of its American factories.

  16. Japan is still living in its own Militarism Empire dream, which was ended along with the WWII. In current world, Japan can only breath under US and China. I wish this country keeps its old dream and be brave and preservering, then it will provide good reasons and opportunities for China to act. If China eventually responds, it would be a catastrophy for Japan.