In this video, Professor John Mearsheimer examines the deeper historical and political causes of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. He traces the story from Israel’s founding, Palestinian displacement and early Zionist debates to the blockade of Gaza and recurring Israeli military operations before 2023. Which of these developments does Mearsheimer consider essential to […]
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 examines the Trump administration’s military and economic strategy toward Iran and its effort to convince Tehran that its position is becoming untenable. He looks at additional U.S. troop deployments, the role of American aircraft carriers, economic pressure on Iran, and whether Washington actually has the means to achieve its […]
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, 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 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 […]