{"id":56982,"date":"2026-01-06T09:01:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=56982"},"modified":"2026-01-06T09:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:01:24","slug":"john-mearsheimer-vs-john-bolton-on-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/06\/john-mearsheimer-vs-john-bolton-on-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mearsheimer vs. John Bolton on Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Reprinted from <a href=\"https:\/\/mearsheimer.substack.com\/p\/jjm-vs-john-bolton-on-venezuela\">John&#8217;s Substack<\/a>:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On 4 January 2026, John Bolton and I appeared on Tom Switzer\u2019s new show \u2014 \u201cSwitzerland\u201d \u2014 to talk about the US kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela. 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