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  • Does Israel Win If the Gulf Burns? | Ask the Professor

    October 28, 2026 · 10 min

    YouTube channel member  @BrianPerry-f7b asks: Does Israel benefit if the Gulf states are devastated? Iran has threatened to hit Gulf civilian infrastructure if its own sites are struck, and it has the capability: oil and gas facilities…

  • Israel’s Lobby vs US Democracy | A Special Roundtable

    October 26, 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

    BUY THE BOOKS: Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power by Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick: https://amzn.to/4gMNJey The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer & Steve Walt: https://amzn.to/3S…

  • Are Aircraft Carriers Obsolete? | Ask The Professor

    October 23, 2026 · 10 min

    Become a member to submit questions for future videos. Click Join: https://www.youtube.com/@johnmearsheimer/join YouTube channel member ⁠@JerryMcLaughlin-r8w ⁠ asked whether drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles have made U.S…

  • Trump's Three-War Trap | Episode 13

    October 21, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

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  • Did Russia Manipulate Mearsheimer? | Ask The Professor

    October 19, 2026 · 12 min

    In this Ask the Professor, YouTube channel member @boresow asks how I separate real insight from propaganda after my visit to Russia, and whether I’m being used to amplify Moscow’s narrative. I make two points. First, a scholar should talk…

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  • Why Can’t America Contain China? | Ask The Professor

    October 16, 2026 · 10 min

    YouTube channel member ⁠ @GuanWang-n2g ⁠ asks: why did Washington never devote the resources needed to carry out the pivot to Asia that the Obama administration announced in 2011? My answer is that pivoting to Asia means containing China…

  • We Can't Help Saudi Arabia | Ask the Professor

    October 14, 2026 · 10 min

    YouTube channel member ⁠@sambaker7691 ⁠ asks: how do you explain the shortcomings in U.S. efforts to give Saudi Arabia the air defenses it needs against Houthi missile and drone attacks, despite the close strategic partnership between the…

  • Why Hamas Really Attacked Israel on Oct. 7 | Episode 12

    October 13, 2026 · 53 min

    October 7, 2026, marked the third anniversary of Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel. Considerable attention was devoted to commemorating that event in Israel and throughout the West. The focus was mainly on three questions: 1) What happened…

  • We’ll Never Beat the Houthis

    October 9, 2026 · 11 min

    DESCRIPTION YouTube Channel member @edhodapp6465 asks: should we go to war against the Houthis, and is damaging Iran's proxies a worthwhile strategy? My answer is no. We're at war with Iran, but we're not fighting the Houthis. They're…

  • The Korean War: America vs China | Ask The Professor

    October 7, 2026 · 16 min

    YouTube Channel member ⁠@spacecometrue ⁠ asked me to share my analysis of the causes and course of the Korean War. North Korea invaded the South on June 25, 1950, and nearly won before the U.S. stepped in. MacArthur's Inchon landing pushed…

  • Trump Can’t Bluff Iran into Surrender | Episode 11

    October 6, 2026 · 39 min

    DESCRIPTION It seems clear that the Trump administration and its allies are working overtime to create the false impression that the United States is well on its way to defeating Iran and that Tehran should therefore submit to American…

  • Forget Vietnam, You Get Iran And Iraq | Ask The Professor

    October 3, 2026 · 12 min

    I'll explain how the Vietnam War shaped my thinking about international relations, and the lessons it holds for today.

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