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, 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, political scientist and international relations scholar John Mearsheimer examines recent statements by Iuliia Mendel, who served as President Volodymyr Zelensky’s press secretary from 2019 to 2021. In a new article and a speech to the European Parliament, Mendel warns that the continuation of the war could be pushing Ukraine toward an existential […]
In this episode, political scientist and international relations expert Prof. John Mearsheimer analyzes the new phase of the Iran war after the June 17, 2026 Memorandum of Understanding expired. While Washington now primarily wants to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran is setting far-reaching conditions — and the United States is once again relying on […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and Prof. John Mearsheimer examine a war in which, according to Mearsheimer, Washington has no realistic strategy for victory. Their discussion focuses on further attacks against civilian infrastructure, Iran’s growing capacity for retaliation, and the dangers facing U.S. bases, oil routes, and the Gulf states’ vital water supplies. Mearsheimer draws […]
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In this interview, Dimitri Lascaris speaks with John Helmer about Trump’s colossal failure to cause divisions between China, Russia and India. The discussion explores Trump’s escalating policies toward Russia, the implications of U.S. sanctions on India, and how strategic missteps have reinforced cooperation among major Eurasian powers. This video was produced by Reason2Resist and published […]
Prof. Mearsheimer – The War in Ukraine, Israel’s Genocide, Trump’s Tariffs and China