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John Mearsheimer - Offensive Realism

John Mearsheimer

22 episodes

The official podcast of Prof. John Mearsheimer

Episodes

  1. Israel’s Lobby vs US Democracy | A Special Roundtable

    · 1 h 32 min · S3 E1 · Explicit

    BUY THE BOOKS: Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power by Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick: https://amzn.to/4gMNJey The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer & Steve Walt:…

  2. Are Aircraft Carriers Obsolete? | Ask The Professor

    · 9:50 · S2 E8

    Become a member to submit questions for future videos. Click Join: https://www.youtube.com/@johnmearsheimer/join YouTube channel member @JerryMcLaughlin-r8w asked whether drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles…

  3. Trump's Three-War Trap | Episode 13

    · 1 h 23 min · S1 E13

    Become a member to submit questions for future videos. Click Join: https://www.youtube.com/@johnmearsheimer/join ———————————————————— PODCASTS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Ahf67i2DOoXDmi2HA6Vcj Apple:…

  4. Did Russia Manipulate Mearsheimer? | Ask The Professor

    · 12 min · S2 E7

    In this Ask the Professor, YouTube channel member @boresow asks how I separate real insight from propaganda after my visit to Russia, and whether I’m being used to amplify Moscow’s narrative. I make two points. First,…

  5. Why Can’t America Contain China? | Ask The Professor

    · 10 min · S2 E6

    YouTube channel member @GuanWang-n2g asks: why did Washington never devote the resources needed to carry out the pivot to Asia that the Obama administration announced in 2011? My answer is that pivoting to Asia means…

  6. We Can't Help Saudi Arabia | Ask the Professor

    · 9:52 · S2 E5

    YouTube channel member @sambaker7691 asks: how do you explain the shortcomings in U.S. efforts to give Saudi Arabia the air defenses it needs against Houthi missile and drone attacks, despite the close strategic…

  7. Why Hamas Really Attacked Israel on Oct. 7 | Episode 12

    · 53 min · S1 E12

    October 7, 2026, marked the third anniversary of Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel. Considerable attention was devoted to commemorating that event in Israel and throughout the West. The focus was mainly on three…

  8. We’ll Never Beat the Houthis

    · 11 min · S2 E4

    DESCRIPTION YouTube Channel member @edhodapp6465 asks: should we go to war against the Houthis, and is damaging Iran's proxies a worthwhile strategy? My answer is no. We're at war with Iran, but we're not fighting the…

  9. The Korean War: America vs China | Ask The Professor

    · 16 min · S2 E3

    YouTube Channel member @spacecometrue asked me to share my analysis of the causes and course of the Korean War. North Korea invaded the South on June 25, 1950, and nearly won before the U.S. stepped in. MacArthur's…

  10. Trump Can’t Bluff Iran into Surrender | Episode 11

    · 39 min · S1 E11

    DESCRIPTION It seems clear that the Trump administration and its allies are working overtime to create the false impression that the United States is well on its way to defeating Iran and that Tehran should therefore…

  11. Forget Vietnam, You Get Iran And Iraq | Ask The Professor

    · 12 min · S2 E2

    I'll explain how the Vietnam War shaped my thinking about international relations, and the lessons it holds for today.

  12. Will China Attack Taiwan? | Ask The Professor

    · 7:21 · S2 E1

    I'll explain why I believe a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in the next decade is unlikely, and the one scenario that could change that.

  13. The Inescapable US-China Rivalry | Episode 10

    · 54 min · S1 E10

    President Trump and President Xi Jinping just concluded a three-day summit in Washington, DC, that was noteworthy for its lofty rhetoric and almost complete lack of progress in dealing with a host of truly important…

  14. Is Ukraine Committing National Suicide? | Episode 9

    · 41 min · S1 E9

    Iuliia Mendel, who served as President Zelensky’s press secretary from 2019 to 2021, published an article in The Spectator on September 15, 2026, titled “Zelensky’s Strategy Is National Suicide.” In essence, she makes…

  15. The Russia I Saw | Episode 8

    · 47 min · S1 E8

    I recently spent 8 days in Russia – September 5-12, 2026 – mainly in Moscow and St. Petersburg. I gave a series of talks and interviews and spoke with numerous people in the Russian security community, including senior…

  16. A Must Read Book on the Israel Lobby | Episode 7

    · 42 min · S1 E7

    Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick have just published a terrific new book called Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power. It appears twenty years after Steve Walt and I published “The Israel Lobby” in The…

  17. Why Ukraine Is Doomed | Episode 6

    · 51 min · S1 E6

    In recent months, Western news coverage of the Ukraine war tells us that Russia is suffering huge casualties on the battlefield while making hardly any progress capturing Ukrainian territory. At the same time,…

  18. The False Promise of Tactical Nuclear Weapons | Episode 5

    · 34 min · S1 E5

    There is considerable evidence that the US is interested in “expanding its options” for using its nuclear arsenal. In particular, it appears that the Pentagon would like to increase its reliance on tactical nuclear…

  19. The MOU Is Dead! Can a Blockade Save Us? | Episode 4

    · 32 min · S1 E4

    The June 17, 2026, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) expired today – August 17, 2026. The US has not achieved any of its initial objectives. It is now mainly concerned with opening the Strait of Hormuz without having…

  20. Iran Has Trump Over A Barrel | Episode 3

    · 30 min · S1 E3

    The aim of this video is to compare the terms of the new deal to end the Iran war, which key Iranian spokesmen have just described, with those of the June 17, 2026, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Tehran and…

  21. Trump Must Admit Defeat In Iran | Episode 2

    · 43 min · S1 E2

    In today’s video I’ll explain why I believe a US victory is not possible and why the longer Trump waits to cut a deal with Iran, the worse the outcome for the US. I’ll argue that Trump would have been wise to settle…

  22. Origins of the War In Ukraine | Episode 1

    · 37 min · S1 E1

    In today’s episode I’ll explain why I believe a US victory is not possible and why the longer Trump waits to cut a deal with Iran, the worse the outcome for the US. I’ll argue that Trump would have been wise to settle…

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