Κατηγορία: Offensive Realism

On 2 June 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about President Trump’s recent profanity-laced phone call with Prime Minister Netanyahu where Trump expressed real anger at Netanyahu for not stopping Israel’s brutal war in Lebanon. The reason Trump is so angry with Netanyahu is that the president is desperate to create a ceasefire with Iran and begin negotiations toward a final settlement, but he cannot get a ceasefire with Iran in place until all the fighting in Lebanon stops. Iran, which is demanding a ceasefire in…

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¹ Keynote Lecture by Professor John J. Mearsheimer “Why Realism Explains Contemporary Geopolitical Developments Better than Alternative Theories” Το Συμβούλιο Διεθνών Σχέσεων σε συνεργασία με το Ινστιτούτο Διεθνών Σχέσεων είναι στην ευχάριστη θέση να σας ανακοινώσουν ότι ο John Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Σικάγο κι ένας από τους πιο επιδραστικούς σύγχρονους διανοητές της διεθνούς πολιτικής, παρέδωσε μία διάλεξη αποκλειστικά για τα μέλη των δύο οργανισμών, την Τρίτη, 2 Ιουνίου 2026, 18:15-19:45.  Ο τίτλος της διάλεξης είναι: “Why Realism Explains Contemporary Geopolitical Developments Better…

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Το Συμβούλιο Διεθνών Σχέσεων συ συνεργασία με το Ινστιτούτο Διεθνών Σχέσεων είναι στην ευχάριστη θέση να σας ανακοινώσουν ότι ο John Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Σικάγο κι ένας από τους πιο επιδραστικούς σύγχρονους διανοητές της διεθνούς πολιτικής, θα έρθει στην Αθήνα όπου θα παραδώσει μία διάλεξη αποκλειστικά για τα μέλη των δύο οργανισμών, την ερχόμενη Τρίτη, 2 Ιουνίου 2026,  18:15-19:45.  Ο τίτλος της διάλεξης είναι: “Why Realism Explains Contemporary Geopolitical Developments Better than Alternative Theories.”  Η εκδήλωση θα διεξαχθεί στο κτήριο…

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Prof. John Mearsheimer discusses the West going up the escalation ladder against both Russia and Iran, with all-out war as the logical conclusion. ​«Ὁ καθηγητὴς Τζὸν Μιρσχάιμερ συζητᾶ γιὰ τὴ Δύση ποὺ ἀνεβαίνει τὴν κλίμακα τῆς κλιμάκωσης ἐναντίον τόσο τῆς Ρωσίας ὅσο καὶ τοῦ Ἰράν, μὲ τὸν ὁλοκληρωτικὸ πόλεμο ὡς τὴ λογικὴ κατάληξη» https://youtu.be/Dx7osj5gCmo?is=Jjt8MObAnvyUAJiN

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¹Prof. John Mearsheimer discusses the collapse of the unipolar world order and the risk of nuclear war during the transition to multipolarity. 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.   https://youtu.be/dkXQW_ZRL3I?is=vOU7A87GqSq4Tj5t

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BLUF It’s horrible where we are  ¹On 7 April 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about President Trump’s shocking “Truth Social” post about Iran, where he said that “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” Of course, he is saying that the US and Israel will wipe Iran off the face of the earth, which is consistent with his earlier rhetoric that he intended to bomb Iran back to the Stone Age, if it does not concede defeat. There is no…

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¹On 29 March 2026, Steve Walt and I were together on “Switzerland” talking with Tom Switzer³ about the Iran war and its broader geopolitical consequences.  We also spent considerable time discussing how President Trump, who warned about the danger of getting involved in “forever wars,” could have allowed himself to invade Iran.  What a colossal blunder!  The discussion among the three of us, like so many discussions in the alternative media these days, made it clear that Trump has no good options moving forward, only bad ones. ______________________________ Professors John Mearsheimer…

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¹ On 26 March 2026, I was on “The Community Alliance 4 Peace and Justice” podcast with Trita Parsi³ talking about how we got into the Iran War, where the war is today, and where it is headed.  It was an excellent discussion ably moderated by Mehlaqa Samdani.  Of course, when it comes to knowledge of Iran and its foreign and strategic policies, few can compete with Trita. ______________ ²https://open.substack.com/pub/mearsheimer/p/talking-iran-with-trita-parsi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1sxk3k ___________________ ³ Full urgent discussion with Prof. John Mearsheimer and Dr. Trita Parsi on the escalating U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran,…

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¹On 26 March 2026, I appeared on the Charlie Rose show².  Of course, we talked about the Iran war, but we also spent a lot of time talking about US foreign policy more generally, especially as it has evolved since the end of the Cold War. He was interested in probing me on why my views on many key foreign policy issues diverge from the mainstream inside the foreign policy establishment. ¹https://open.substack.com/pub/mearsheimer/p/talking-with-charlie-rose?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1sxk3k _________________ ² A Charlie Rose Global Conversation³ For more than four decades, Professor John J. Mearsheimer, from his…

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BLUFF¹ Maybe with some luck we could take a small island in the Persian Gulf, but I don’t think we could hold it, and even if we did, it would hardly affect the course of the war.  In the process, many Americans would die for a lost cause. ¹ Bottom Line Up Front  There is much talk about President Trump preparing to launch a ground attack against Iran. In the media discourse, much is made of the fact we have about 50,000 troops in the region. See the three articles…

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