On 4 September 2025, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with Judge Napolitano mainly about how foolishly President Trump is acting on the foreign policy front — driving India and Russia into the arms of China and causing a significant tightening of relations between...
John Mearsheimer: Smotrich Explains the Genocide
On 28 August 2025, I was on “Judging Freedom” with Judge Napolitano. We talked about the never-ending nonsense that Western elites purvey about how to end the Ukraine war as well as the state of the Israeli genocide and the possibility that Israel might attack Iran...
John Mearsheimer on Ignoring Brute Facts: End of the Line for Diplomacy with Ukraine
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...
John Mearsheimer says: Picking a Fight With India Is Just Dumb
On 20 August 2025, I was on CNN-News18 in India with Zakka Jacob, a top-notch interviewer who I have spoken with on a number of occasions in the past. We talked about the recent dealings surrounding the Ukraine war and how it relates to US policy toward India. I...
John Mearsheimer: Am I ‘Morally Deranged’?
On 18 August 2025, I appeared on UnHerd with Freddie Sayers to talk about Ukraine’s future in the wake of the Putin-Trump meeting. Immediately thereafter, Freddie interviewed Matthew Syed, a columnist for the Sunday Times in London. He and I have fundamentally...
John Mearsheimer on the Aftermath of the Alaska Summit
On 16 August 2025, I was on “Breaking Points” with Saagar Enjeti and Ryan Grim discussing what happened at the Alaska meeting between Presidents Putin and Trump. From John's Substack.
Prof. John Mearsheimer on ‘Judging Freedom’: Killing Without Purpose
On 27 March 2025, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with Judge Napolitano about the controversy involving senior-level Trump figures using the Signal app to discuss bombing the Houthis. We also touched on the Ukraine ceasefires and where the peace negotiations are...
John Mearsheimer: ‘Give Generously to Antiwar.com’
John Mearsheimer is the Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and one of the leading foreign policy scholars in America. Here’s what he has to say to you. Dear Antiwar.com Reader, This is the fourth time I...
John Mearsheimer: ‘Why Are They Making Gaza Unlivable? It’s Very Simple, They Want To Drive the Palestinians Out’
On 15 May 2024, I was in Sydney, Australia, where I spoke at the Centre for Independent Studies about the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. I analyzed both the war in Gaza, which started on October 7 and continues to rage; and the fighting between Iran on one side...
An Important Message From John Mearsheimer
Dear Antiwar.com Reader, There are two problems in the United States these days and they are closely related. The first problem is that the Biden Administration is in deep trouble on the foreign policy front and the trouble is almost certainly going to get worse. The...


