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Wither Away the Iran Deal?
On 21 June 2026, I was on Tom Switzer’s podcast — “Switzerland” — with Trita Parsi. We focused almost exclusively on the negotiations between Iran and the US, which had begun earlier that day in a resort near Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. It...
Trump Had No Choice
On 19 June 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about the central issue of the day — the Memorandum of Understanding that Iran and the United States worked out to put an end to the war between them.
There is no question...
The Art of Losing Wars
On 11 June 2026, I was on the “Deep Dive” with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis talking about Ukraine and Iran. Danny and I laid out the case that although neither the Iran war nor the Ukraine war is over, it is clear that Iran and Russia are go...
What Nuclear Taboo?
On 12 June 2026, I was on Glenn Diesen’s popular podcast with the formidable Russian strategic thinker, Sergey Karaganov.
We discussed his view that the West does not respect Russian red lines and feels that it can use Ukraine as a proxy t...
Talking with Tucker Carlson
On 9 June 2026, I spoke with Tucker Carlson for about two hours on the Iran war, the Ukraine war, and a variety of other subjects as well. I thought we had a fascinating discussion trying to make sense of the fast-moving and often hard to u...
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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.
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