{"id":59277,"date":"2026-05-10T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T18:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=59277"},"modified":"2026-05-10T16:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T00:15:30","slug":"john-mearsheimer-is-back-with-trita-parsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/10\/john-mearsheimer-is-back-with-trita-parsi\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mearsheimer Is Back With Trita Parsi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reprinted from <a href=\"https:\/\/mearsheimer.substack.com\/p\/back-with-trita-parsi\">John&#8217;s Substack<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>On 7 May 2026, Trita Parsi and I were on the podcast of the \u201cCommunity Alliance 4 Peace and Justice\u201d hosted by Mehlaqa Samdani. It provided us with an excellent opportunity to talk about President Trump\u2019s \u201cProject Freedom,\u201d which he announced on 3 May 2026 and launched the following day, 4 May 2026, only to pause it the following day, 5 May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that the president is desperately searching for a way to bring the war to an end on favorable terms for the US and Israel, but just can\u2019t find a workable strategy. Trita and I believe there is no way he can win this war in any meaningful way, and indeed, the US and Israel have lost it. Trita, however, is a bit more optimistic than I am about getting a meaningful ceasefire and working out a deal that ends the war. 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It provided us with an excellent opportunity to talk about President Trump\u2019s \u201cProject Freedom,\u201d which he announced on 3 May 2026 and launched the following day, 4 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