On 20 August 2025, I was on The Duran with Glenn Diesen and Alexander Mercouris. We talked mainly about how European leaders and President Zelensky continue to act toward Russia (and the United States) in ways that make little strategic sense — given the realties on the battlefield and well-established Russian demands for ending the war. Watching them in action is a head-scratching exercise.
John J. Mearsheimer, PhD, is an American professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. More recently Mearsheimer has attracted attention for co-authoring and publishing the article The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, which was subsequently published as a book.
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