Trump versus the Middle East (Clip 17.01.2025)- John Mearsheimer, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen

Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a professor at Tehran University and a former advisor to Iran's Nuclear Negotiation Team. Prof. Marandi argues that it will be extremely difficult for the US to seize Kharg Island, and Iran woul…

Michael von der Schulenburg is a German member of the EU Parliament who was previously a UN diplomat for 34 years in positions that included Assistant Secretary General of the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding…

Scott Ritter is a former Major, Intelligence Officer, US Marine, and UN Weapons Inspector. Ritter discusses the Trump-Putin phone call as the US needs an off-ramp in its war against Iran.Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substa…

Prof. John Mearsheimer explains why the war against Iran has already been lost, and why there is no off-ramp. John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the Uni…

Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a professor at Tehran University and a former advisor to Iran's Nuclear Negotiation Team. Prof. Marandi argues that a return to the former status quo is not possible and that Iran will demand th…

Prof. Xueqin Jiang discusses the wider consequences of the war against Iran: The US empire commits suicide, Israel increasingly becomes a theocracy, Iran rebuilds as a regional power, instability spreads to East Asia, Eu…

MIT Professor and Pentagon advisor Ted Postol explains why the missile defence systems are failing in the war against Iran, and why the US and Israel will not win this war.Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://gle…

Rein Müllerson was Gorbachev's legal advisor and then Estonia's deputy foreign minister. Müllerson discusses how Kissinger's worst nightmare is coming true as US hegemonic ambitions are pulling China, Russia and Iran clo…

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs argues that the world may already be entering the early stages of World War III, as the rapidly escalating conflict involving Iran begins to draw in additional countries and regional actors. The initi…

Kay-Achim Schönbach is the former head of the German Navy, who was forced to resign in January 2022 after arguing that Ukraine would not regain control of Crimea and that it would be wise to show respect for Russia.Pleas…

Peter Schiff is the CEO of Euro Pacific Asset Management and the host of the Peter Schiff Show. Schiff explains why the war against Iran creates chaos in an already fragile US economy, and sends shockwaves through energy…

Dr. Gilbert Doctorow discusses why the attack on Iran will harden Russia's position. Putin's approach of a slow war of attrition and diplomatic engagement with Trump has met increasing opposition, as the arguments advanc…

Larry Johnson is a former intelligence analyst at the CIA who also worked at the US State Department's Office of Counterterrorism. Johnson discusses how the US was not prepared for a long war and how it is running out of…

Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired Colonel in the US Army and the former Chief of Staff to the US Secretary of State. Colonel Wilkerson discusses how the reckless actions against Iran will transform the region and the world…

Richard Sakwa is a professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent, and is widely recognised as the leading Russia scholar in Europe. Sakwa discusses his new book: "The Russo-Ukrainian War: Follies o…