{"id":14590,"date":"2026-07-16T15:22:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=14590"},"modified":"2026-07-16T15:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:22:04","slug":"mearsheimer-niederlage-der-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/mearsheimer-niederlage-der-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Mearsheimer: The Defeat of the United States"},"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 class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">In this video, political scientist John Mearsheimer and economist Yanis Varoufakis explain how the United States has lost one war after another while preserving its global power\u2014and why the Iran war may have crossed a decisive threshold. What happens when military superiority is no longer enough to maintain alliances and project power across the Persian Gulf?<\/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 class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">At the heart of the discussion is the connection between war, the dollar, Wall Street, and American hegemony. Mearsheimer and Varoufakis ask whether the Iran war has damaged not only the United States\u2019 military position, but also the financial system that has sustained its power for decades.<\/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 class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">To read the transcript of this video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Prof.-Mearsheimer_-The-Defeat-of-the-United-States.docx.pdf\">Prof. Mearsheimer: The Defeat of the United States<\/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<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">This video was produced by The Katie Halper Show\u00a0 and published on their YouTube channel on the 11th of July, 2026. 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