{"id":14681,"date":"2026-08-24T15:13:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=14681"},"modified":"2026-08-24T15:13:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:13:03","slug":"mearsheimer-iran-blockade-mou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/mearsheimer-iran-blockade-mou\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 4: The MOU Is Dead! Can a Blockade Save Us?"},"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 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 \u2014 and the United States is once again relying on a strategy that already failed to produce a solution.<\/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>Why is the Trump administration nevertheless pursuing a second naval blockade? How has the military and economic balance changed since the beginning of the war? And what options does Washington actually have left if further escalation carries ever greater risks? Mearsheimer reaches a conclusion that 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 17th of August, 2026. We have translated it into German and are republishing it today to help build opinion on this issue in Germany and beyond.<\/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> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Episode-4_-The-MOU-Is-Dead-Can-a-Blockade-Save-Us_.docx.pdf\">Episode 4: The MOU Is Dead! Can a Blockade Save Us?<\/a><\/strong><\/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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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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