In this video, Professor John Mearsheimer reflects on his recent trip to Russia and on conversations with members of the country’s foreign policy elite, including Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. What did he actually observe in Moscow and St. Petersburg — and how does his impression compare with the picture often presented in the West? Mearsheimer […]
In this video, world-renowned political scientist and international relations scholar Prof. John Mearsheimer discusses the new book by investigative journalist Eli Clifton and political scientist Ian Lustick, Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power, and compares its central arguments with his own influential 2007 book on the Israel lobby, co-authored with Stephen […]
In this video, world-renowned political scientist and international relations scholar Prof. John Mearsheimer fundamentally challenges the dominant Western narrative of the Ukraine war. While reports of heavy Russian losses, successful Ukrainian drone attacks, and slow Russian territorial gains suggest that Moscow is coming under increasing pressure, Mearsheimer reaches a very different conclusion. Why does he […]
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, 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 […]
In this video, Professor John Mearsheimer analyzes the latest developments in the war between the United States and Iran, as well as the negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions, the US military presence, and the nuclear issue. At the center is the question of how the balance of power between Washington and Tehran could […]
In this video, political scientist and international relations expert John Mearsheimer explains why he believes a U.S. victory in the war against Iran is impossible. He analyzes Washington’s failed military strategies and shows why Trump’s negotiating position is deteriorating with every passing month. Mearsheimer concludes that Trump no longer has a viable strategy for winning […]
In this video, Prof. John Mearsheimer examines why deterrence failed before February 24, 2022, and why Russia began the war despite the enormous military risks. He connects his theory of conventional deterrence to the political and military decisions that preceded the invasion. Mearsheimer challenges one of the central Western assumptions about Russia’s original war aims […]
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 […]