In this video, Professor John Mearsheimer answers a viewer’s question about why the United States failed for so long to fully implement the strategic “pivot to Asia” announced in 2011. He explains how China’s rise as a great power transformed U.S. strategy and why Washington eventually shifted from a policy of engagement to one of […]
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. […]
In this video, economists Richard D. Wolff and Shahram Azhar discuss why capitalism can take very different institutional forms — from privately owned companies to enterprises run by the state. But when does the economic system itself actually change, and when does only the identity of those controlling it change? They examine the relationship between […]
In this video, Professor John Mearsheimer analyzes the September 2026 summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, where Taiwan, Iran, Ukraine, artificial intelligence and trade were all on the agenda. But why did such a high-stakes meeting produce so few meaningful results? Mearsheimer explores the interests of both sides, the larger geopolitical forces behind the […]
In this video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges speaks with Prof. John Mearsheimer, political scientist and international relations scholar, about the war against Iran and the question of what options Washington still has left. Prof. Mearsheimer examines the military situation, growing pressure on global energy and financial markets, and the role of China and Russia. […]
In this video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald speaks with independent journalist and author Garrison Lovely about a question that is increasingly troubling leading AI researchers themselves: How far is the industry willing to go, even as insiders warn of risks whose potential consequences are difficult to comprehend? At the center of the discussion are […]
Written by Jeffrey Sachs & Sybil Fares To read the original text in English visit the following link: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/8/31/the-looming-failure-of-operation-economic-outcast ABOUT JEFFREY D. SACHS Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed the Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is President of the […]
In this video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges interviews world-renowned political scientist Prof. John Mearsheimer about the U.S. war against Iran. At the center are Washington’s new sanctions strategy, the shrinking military options available to the United States in the Persian Gulf, and the question of how the balance of power in the region has […]
In this episode of The Source, our leading editor Zain Raza speaks with historian and author Vijay Prashad about the rapidly changing global order following the US-Israeli war against Iran. They examine Tehran’s new negotiating position, the shifting balance of power in West Asia and why Prashad believes conflicts from Iran to Ukraine are becoming […]