Can the US Handle Conflict on 3 Fronts?

Mearsheimer asserts that the determinants of who wins a war, particularly wars of attrition like that in Ukraine, are manpower and manufacturing capacity.

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper helicopter takes off during an air defense drill aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) in the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 17, 2023. U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Christopher Lape

Commentary

The United States needs to pivot its defence from Europe to the Indo-Pacific to deal with China, its number one strategic competitor, according to eminent U.S. political scientist John Mearsheimer, but will have trouble doing that because of its entanglement in Ukraine and the Middle East.