John Mearsheimer: US Failure Abroad and at Home

On 11 September 2025, I appeared on the “The Bottom Line,” an al Jazeera program hosted by Steve Clemons. We focused mainly on the mayhem in the Middle East, although we also touched on Ukraine and the state of American democracy. Of course, it was another depressing,...

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The End Game for Gaza

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I’ve taught military history “from Plato to NATO,” as we used to joke, but my expertise focused on technology and warfare. Along with “revolutions” and “transformations” in weaponry, I probably spent too much...

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Another Senseless Boat Attack

The president bragged about committing more murders at sea today: President Donald Trump said the U.S. military again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel. Whoever carried out the attack that killed these people was...

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