Κατηγορία: Offensive Realism

1. On 16 December 2025, I spoke with Afshin Rattansi on his podcast “Going Underground.” We discussed President Trump’s foreign policy performance over the course of 2025. I made clear that I believe there are few successes and many failures. His first year in office has hardly been an auspicious start and there is little reason to think things will change in 2026, which looks like it is going to be another bleak year on the foreign-policy front. https://youtu.be/VVGzgWzBpUM?si=CVRFXj6ND5s937al

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Realism versus idealism. The US has a long history of overthrowing democracies worldwide, as Professor John Mearsheimer straightforwardly points out, countering Piers Morgan’s idealized bullshit view of US foreign policy….. https://x.com/i/status/2001032433240826324

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Freddy Gray is joined once again by the University of Chicago’s Professor John Mearsheimer to discuss why Trump’s 28-point Ukraine peace plan won’t work, how the war will ultimately be decided on the battlefield, and what happened when Jeffrey Epstein and Alan Dershowitz ran a smear campaign against him over his essay on the Israel lobby. // CHAPTERS 00:00 – Introduction 01:29 – Dershowitz and Epstein 07:08 – Middle East politics  10:19 – Free speech and anti-semitism on campus 13:28 – Trump’s leaked peace plan 16:17 – Why no political…

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John Mearsheimer (Clip): This Is Not a Proxy War Anymore – The West Has Gone to War Against Russia https://youtu.be/ICxbYjmD10E?si=Lxun5WcrSKnfXOAP1. Ανάρτηση από Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen)  Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) δημοσίευσε στο 10:54 π.μ. on Πέμ, Νοε 27, 2025: John Mearsheimer (Clip): This Is Not a Proxy War Anymore – The West Has Gone to War Against Russia https://t.co/xs01f2us96 https://t.co/S8TwaeHZ9E(https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen/status/1993966671699009735?t=8fDf0O6vXY920729Ery55A&s=03)  2. John Mearsheimer (Clip): This Is Not a Proxy War Anymore – The West Has Gone to War Against Russia

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Core takeaway  The case for moving to a world of spheres of security  We are instead destined to live in a realist world, where spheres of influence are part of the warp and woof of daily life. Key questions  How should the security needs of great powers be balanced with the sovereignty of smaller nations on their border?  The concept of Spheres of Security limits the activity of other borders of other great powers.  Mexico has the freedom to engage in political and economic cooperation with any state, yet Mexico…

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Core takeaway  #UkraineWar​ #RussiaUkraine​ #Geopolitics​ #WarAnalysis​ #EasternEurope​ #WorldConflict​ #RussiaAdvantage As Russia gains the upper hand on the battlefield, the balance of power in the Ukraine war is shifting dramatically. Western aid, once seen as decisive, now appears insufficient to change the course of the conflict. Is Ukraine reaching a breaking point—and is Russia now in full control of the war’s direction? In this video, we examine: • Russia’s growing military advantage and Ukraine’s declining resilience   • Why Western weapons and funding have failed to reverse the momentum   • The possibility…

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