{"id":59727,"date":"2026-06-14T14:32:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T22:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=59727"},"modified":"2026-06-14T14:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T22:33:30","slug":"john-mearsheimer-on-the-art-of-losing-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/14\/john-mearsheimer-on-the-art-of-losing-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mearsheimer on The Art of Losing Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Reprinted from <a href=\"https:\/\/mearsheimer.substack.com\/p\/the-art-of-losing-wars\">John&#8217;s Substack<\/a>:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On 11 June 2026, I was on the \u201cDeep Dive\u201d with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis talking about Ukraine and Iran. Danny and I laid out the case that although neither the Iran war nor the Ukraine war is over, it is clear that Iran and Russia are going to be the winners and the US and its allies are going to suffer a pair of humiliating defeats. 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