John Mearsheimer - Offensive Realism

Episode 8: The Russia I Saw

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

Episode 7: A Must Read Book on the Israel Lobby

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 Wal

Episode 6: Why Ukraine Is Doomed

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

Episode 5: The False Promise of Tactical Nuclear Weapons

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

Episode 4: The MOU Is Dead! Can a Blockade Save Us?

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 wi

Episode 3: Iran Has Trump Over A Barrel

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, Memor

Episode 2: Trump Must Admit Defeat In Iran

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

Episode 1: Origins of the War In Ukraine

In this video, my first substantive one, I lay out my theory of conventional deterrence and use it to explain Russian thinking in the run up to the war in Ukraine as well