John Mearsheimer: What’s Behind Biden’s Blank Check Support for Israel? | Endgame #179 (Luminaries)

John Mearsheimer: What’s Behind Biden’s Blank Check Support for Israel? | Endgame #179 (Luminaries)
Gita Wirjawan

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719,552 views Premiered Mar 21, 2024 Endgame Podcast with Gita Wirjawan
This is the second interview we did with Professor John Mearsheimer on wars and great power politics. Watch the first one here: • John Mearsheimer: Is China the Real W...

In this second interview with American political scientist and international relations scholar John Mearsheimer, we discussed the current status of the war in Ukraine and prospects for resolution, moral issues around Israeli military campaigns in Gaza, deterrence and risks of conflict in the South China Sea, and whether ideology is declining in importance when it comes to international relations.

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About the host:
Gita Wirjawan is an Indonesian entrepreneur, educator, and currently a visiting scholar at The Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), Stanford University. Gita has also just been appointed as an Honorary Professor of Politics and International Relations in the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK.

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Chapters

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:53 - Why Ukraine is in Big Trouble

0:05:16 - Guns, Troops and Air Power

0:18:28 - Winning the Peace in Ukraine

0:23:37 - ‘The Blob’

0:29:03 - Israel Lobby

0:35:52 - What Will Iran Do?

0:37:46 - Cleansing the Palestinians

0:42:28 - Containing China

0:50:02 - Conflict in South China Sea

1:02:47 - Is Ideology Dead?

1:08:42 - Tools of Great Powers

1:13:22 - Future of Nuclear Non Proliferation

1:18:28 - Hubris-Humility Index