Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 8 October 2025, I was on Glenn Diesen’s podcast talking mainly about the failure of the elites in the West to act in strategically smart or morally correct ways in their dealings with the Gaza genocide and the Ukraine war. Many trees...
John Mearsheimer: Talking Gaza & Iran with Trita Parsi
Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 6 October 2025, Trita Parsi and I were guests on the “Community Alliance 4 Peace and Justice.” We discussed the Israeli policy behind the genocide in Gaza; the chances that Trump’s 20-point plan will shut it down; and the likelihood...
John Mearsheimer on Israel’s Lawyers
Reprinted from John's Substack: In May 2005, Aaron David Miller, an American who has a passionate attachment to Israel and was one of President Bill Clinton’s advisors at the Camp David negotiations in the summer of 1999, published a remarkable op-ed in the Washington...
John Mearsheimer on Trump’s Flawed Plan for Gaza
On 30 September 2025, I was on The Spectator’s podcast with Freddy Gray talking about President Trump’s 20-point plan for ending the Gaza genocide. It is a deeply flawed plan, which Benjamin Netanyahu played a key role in crafting and which was presented to Hamas as a...
John Mearsheimer on Passing the Buck to Europe
On 25 September 2025, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about Trump’s famous Truth Social tweet where he subtly said that the US is turning responsibility for the Ukraine war to the Europeans and Ukraine, while at the same time he is going to great...
John Mearsheimer on The Israeli Threat to America
On 18 September 2025, I talked with Judge Napolitano on his show — “Judging Freedom” — about the impact Israel and its supporters are having on the United States, not just on the foreign policy front, but on the home front as well. We agreed that what Israel and its...
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,...
John Mearsheimer: Talking with TIMES RADIO in London
On 12 September 2025, I appeared on “Times Radio,” which is associated with The Times and The Sunday Times in London, as well as Rupert Murdoch’s News Broadcasting. I spoke with the host, Adam Boulton, about Ukraine, US Middle East Policy, President Trump’s...
The US-Israeli Tag Team
On 10 September 2025, I spoke with Judge Napolitano on his show, “Judging Freedom,” about the Israeli strike against the Hamas negotiators in Doha and how the US green-lighted it. We talked more generally about the US-Israeli relationship and the extent to which...
Antiwar.com Is a Truly Important National Asset
When he was running for president in 2024, Donald Trump promised that he would shut down the Ukraine war shortly after taking office, if not before he moved into the White House. He also promised that he would not start any more wars and would markedly improve U.S....


