{"id":14821,"date":"2026-10-10T14:18:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T12:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=14821"},"modified":"2026-10-10T14:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T12:18:26","slug":"korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Korean War: America vs China | Prof. Mearsheimer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>In this video, Professor John Mearsheimer explains the causes and course of the Korean War and why the conflict changed fundamentally in the fall of 1950. What began as a war on the Korean Peninsula increasingly became a direct confrontation between the United States and China.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>Mearsheimer examines why North Korea invaded, why the U.S. intervened and what ultimately led China to enter the war. What strategic interests drove these decisions \u2014 and why does this conflict still shape the Korean Peninsula today?<br><br>This video was produced by John Mearsheimer and published on his YouTube channel on the 7th of October, 2026. We have translated it into German and are republishing it today to help build opinion on this issue in Germany and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>To read the transcript of the interview:<strong><strong><strong> <strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Korean-War_-America-vs-China-_-Ask-The-Professor.docx.pdf\">The Korean War: America vs China | Prof. Mearsheimer<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>We are transitioning away from YouTube. Be sure to subscribe to the following channels to stay updated with our journalism:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>\u25ba<a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/c\/acTVismMunich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;RUMBLE<\/a><br>\u25ba&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/acTVismMunich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TELEGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VIDEO: <strong><strong>The Korean War: America vs China | Ask The Professor<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Korean War: America vs China | Ask The Professor\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ZgZg0yQUQU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>About our import program: In this program, we publish content from external authors, activists and journalists. This includes both international and local content that, in our editorial opinion, is not sufficiently covered in the media landscape. The content does not necessarily reflect acTVism Munich\u2019s own editorial stance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"d-flex justify-content-center pb-3 sal\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-1-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-1-1-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ABOUT JOHN MEARSHEIMER<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982. He graduated from West Point in 1970 and then served five years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. He then started graduate school in political science at Cornell University in 1975. He received his Ph.D. in 1980. He spent the 1979-1980 academic year as a research fellow at the Brookings Institution, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University\u2019s Center for International Affairs from 1980 to 1982. During the 1998-1999 academic year, he was the Whitney H. Shepardson Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>Citation of featured image:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Photo: John Mearsheimer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Link\/Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mearsheimer.com\/photos\/\">https:\/\/www.mearsheimer.com\/photos\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, Professor John Mearsheimer explains the causes and course of the Korean War and why the conflict changed fundamentally in the fall of 1950. What began as a war on the Korean Peninsula increasingly became a direct confrontation between the United States and China. Mearsheimer examines why North Korea invaded, why the U.S. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25648,1821,1336,24779,20983,20994,847,176,22471,23624,21559,25646,1109,21448,25645,25647,21560,25630,21546,23720,21374,1822,22296,22146,23238,208,209,21375,24415,21156,21545,23721,80,322,1807],"channel":[20955],"class_list":["post-14821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","tag-25648","tag-atomwaffen","tag-china","tag-geopolitic","tag-geopolitics","tag-geopolitik","tag-geschichte","tag-history","tag-japan","tag-john","tag-john-mearsheimer","tag-kalten-krieg","tag-kalter-krieg","tag-korea","tag-korea-krieg","tag-korean-war","tag-mearsheimer","tag-mearsheimer-china","tag-nord-korea","tag-nordkorea","tag-north-korea","tag-nuclear-weapons","tag-prof-john-mearsheimer-2","tag-prof-john-mearsheimer","tag-prof-mearsheimer-2","tag-russia","tag-russland","tag-south-korea","tag-sowjet","tag-sowjetunion","tag-sued-korea","tag-suedkorea","tag-united-states","tag-usa","tag-vereinigten-staaten","channel-import"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Korean War: America vs China | Prof. Mearsheimer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prof. John Mearsheimer explains the Korean War, China\u2019s intervention, the clash with the U.S. and its lasting strategic consequences.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Korean War: America vs China | Prof. Mearsheimer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prof. John Mearsheimer explains the Korean War, China\u2019s intervention, the clash with the U.S. and its lasting strategic consequences.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"acTVism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/acTVism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-10T12:18:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/shutterstock_4204213281-1024x576.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"atv_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@acTVismMunich\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@acTVismMunich\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"atv_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/latest\\\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/latest\\\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"atv_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bc2c8684912eb2289fe0009f5ca451d6\"},\"headline\":\"The Korean War: America vs China | Prof. Mearsheimer\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-10T12:18:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/latest\\\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":730,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/latest\\\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/shutterstock_4204207945.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"1950\",\"Atomwaffen\",\"China\",\"geopolitic\",\"geopolitics\",\"geopolitik\",\"Geschichte\",\"history\",\"japan\",\"john\",\"John Mearsheimer\",\"kalten krieg\",\"kalter Krieg\",\"korea\",\"korea-krieg\",\"korean war\",\"Mearsheimer\",\"mearsheimer china\",\"nord korea\",\"nordkorea\",\"north korea\",\"Nuclear Weapons\",\"prof john mearsheimer\",\"prof. john mearsheimer\",\"prof. mearsheimer\",\"Russia\",\"Russland\",\"south korea\",\"sowjet\",\"Sowjetunion\",\"s\u00fcd korea\",\"s\u00fcdkorea\",\"United States\",\"USA\",\"Vereinigten Staaten\"],\"articleSection\":[\"LATEST\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/latest\\\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/latest\\\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/latest\\\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Korean War: America vs China | Prof. Mearsheimer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/latest\\\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/latest\\\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/shutterstock_4204207945.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-10T12:18:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"Prof. John Mearsheimer explains the Korean War, China\u2019s intervention, the clash with the U.S. and its lasting strategic consequences.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/latest\\\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/latest\\\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/shutterstock_4204207945.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/shutterstock_4204207945.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":864,\"caption\":\"Prof. Mearsheimer \u2013 Der Korea-Krieg: USA gegen China\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"acTVism\",\"description\":\"information that moves\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"acTVism Munich e.V.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/logo.svg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":57,\"caption\":\"acTVism Munich e.V.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/acTVism\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/acTVismMunich\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bc2c8684912eb2289fe0009f5ca451d6\",\"name\":\"atv_admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/53465926e4246ee1b807a849c23197531fd45c1bcd02682ada54ddb12eaa7a6d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/53465926e4246ee1b807a849c23197531fd45c1bcd02682ada54ddb12eaa7a6d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/53465926e4246ee1b807a849c23197531fd45c1bcd02682ada54ddb12eaa7a6d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"atv_admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/atv_admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Korean War: America vs China | Prof. Mearsheimer","description":"Prof. John Mearsheimer explains the Korean War, China\u2019s intervention, the clash with the U.S. and its lasting strategic consequences.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Korean War: America vs China | Prof. Mearsheimer","og_description":"Prof. John Mearsheimer explains the Korean War, China\u2019s intervention, the clash with the U.S. and its lasting strategic consequences.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/","og_site_name":"acTVism","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/acTVism","article_published_time":"2026-10-10T12:18:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1536,"height":864,"url":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/shutterstock_4204213281-1024x576.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"atv_admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@acTVismMunich","twitter_site":"@acTVismMunich","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"atv_admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/"},"author":{"name":"atv_admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/#\/schema\/person\/bc2c8684912eb2289fe0009f5ca451d6"},"headline":"The Korean War: America vs China | Prof. Mearsheimer","datePublished":"2026-10-10T12:18:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/"},"wordCount":730,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/shutterstock_4204207945.jpg","keywords":["1950","Atomwaffen","China","geopolitic","geopolitics","geopolitik","Geschichte","history","japan","john","John Mearsheimer","kalten krieg","kalter Krieg","korea","korea-krieg","korean war","Mearsheimer","mearsheimer china","nord korea","nordkorea","north korea","Nuclear Weapons","prof john mearsheimer","prof. john mearsheimer","prof. mearsheimer","Russia","Russland","south korea","sowjet","Sowjetunion","s\u00fcd korea","s\u00fcdkorea","United States","USA","Vereinigten Staaten"],"articleSection":["LATEST"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/","url":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/","name":"The Korean War: America vs China | Prof. Mearsheimer","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/shutterstock_4204207945.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-10T12:18:26+00:00","description":"Prof. John Mearsheimer explains the Korean War, China\u2019s intervention, the clash with the U.S. and its lasting strategic consequences.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/latest\/korea-krieg-usa-mearsheimer\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/shutterstock_4204207945.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/shutterstock_4204207945.jpg","width":1536,"height":864,"caption":"Prof. Mearsheimer \u2013 Der Korea-Krieg: USA gegen China"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/","name":"acTVism","description":"information that moves","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/#organization","name":"acTVism Munich e.V.","url":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo.svg","width":200,"height":57,"caption":"acTVism Munich e.V."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/acTVism","https:\/\/x.com\/acTVismMunich"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/#\/schema\/person\/bc2c8684912eb2289fe0009f5ca451d6","name":"atv_admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53465926e4246ee1b807a849c23197531fd45c1bcd02682ada54ddb12eaa7a6d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53465926e4246ee1b807a849c23197531fd45c1bcd02682ada54ddb12eaa7a6d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53465926e4246ee1b807a849c23197531fd45c1bcd02682ada54ddb12eaa7a6d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"atv_admin"},"url":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/author\/atv_admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14821"},{"taxonomy":"channel","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/channel?post=14821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}