{"id":14675,"date":"2026-08-18T11:40:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=14675"},"modified":"2026-08-18T11:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:40:05","slug":"mearsheimer-iran-trump-falle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/mearsheimer-iran-trump-falle\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Has Trump Over a Barrel \u2013 Prof. John Mearsheimer"},"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>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 shift so dramatically within just a few months \u2013 and why Trump now faces far more difficult decisions than he did at the beginning of the conflict.<\/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>What conditions is Iran now demanding? What happened to Washington\u2019s previous leverage? And what options does Trump have left if he wants to end the war while still achieving his core political objectives? Mearsheimer paints a picture of negotiations whose outcome could have far-reaching consequences for the United States, Iran, and the entire region.<\/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>This video was produced by John Mearsheimer and published on his YouTube channel on the 11th of August, 2026.<\/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>To read the transcript of the interview:<strong><strong><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Episode-3_-Iran-Has-Trump-Over-A-Barrel.docx-1.pdf\">Iran Has Trump Over a Barrel \u2013 Prof. John Mearsheimer<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\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>We are transitioning away from YouTube. 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The content does not necessarily reflect acTVism Munich\u2019s own editorial stance.<\/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<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\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><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"d-flex justify-content-center pb-3 sal\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-1-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-1-1-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/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<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ABOUT JOHN MEARSHEIMER<\/h2>\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>John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982. He graduated from West Point in 1970 and then served five years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. He then started graduate school in political science at Cornell University in 1975. He received his Ph.D. in 1980. He spent the 1979-1980 academic year as a research fellow at the Brookings Institution, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University\u2019s Center for International Affairs from 1980 to 1982. During the 1998-1999 academic year, he was the Whitney H. 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