Reprinted from John's Substack: On 16 July 2026, I was on Danny Haiphong’s popular podcast talking mainly about the Iran war but also the conflict in Ukraine. It is clear that the tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and the US are escalating — dangerously so — and that...
John Mearsheimer: Discussing the Iran War in India
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 15 July 2026, I was on CNN-News18, a leading television news channel in India. The discussion focused almost exclusively on the war in Iran and the question of where the conflict is headed. I made it clear that President Trump has...
John Mearsheimer says The US Cannot Defeat Iran
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 10 July 2026, I was on the “Deep Dive” with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis, where we talked mainly about Iran, although we did discuss Ukraine in the last part of the show. On Iran, we talked about the tit-for-tat bombing campaign...
John Mearsheimer on the MoU Moving Forward and Russia’s Progress on the Battlefields
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 2 July 2026, I was on Rachel Blevins’s popular podcast. We talked about Russian progress on the battlefields of Ukraine, where that war is going to be settled and where the Russian are in the driver’s seat. Very importantly, Rachel...
John Mearsheimer on The Balance of Coercive Leverage
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 30 June 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about the West’s foolish policy of helping Ukraine to “accelerate” its drone and missile attacks on the Russian homeland. And this includes President Trump, who appears...
John Mearsheimer & Doug Bandow say Iran – Not Uncle Sam – Holds the Cards
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 28 June 2026, I was on “Switzerland” talking with the host Tom Switzer and Doug Bandow about the tit-for-tat bombing attacks between Iran and the US that took place between 26 June and 28 June 2026. I made the argument that there was...
John Mearsheimer: Russia Has Red Lines and Nuclear Weapons
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 25 June 2026, I was on the”Deep Dive” with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis. We talked at some length about events in Iran, where the US and Iran are once again engaged in tit-for-tat attacks. One might think the US has decided to get...
John Mearsheimer on Israel’s Bleak Future
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 23 June 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about: the ongoing negotiations to end the Iran war; President Trump’s antics, which certainly do not facilitate the negotiating process; and Israel’s foolish and...
John Mearsheimer says Trump Had No Choice
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 19 June 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about the central issue of the day — the Memorandum of Understanding that Iran and the United States worked out to put an end to the war between them. There is no...
John Mearsheimer on The Art of Losing Wars
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 11 June 2026, I was on the “Deep Dive” 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...

