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

This is the second interview we did with Professor John Mearsheimer on wars and great power politics. Watch the first one here: 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. #Endgame #GitaWirjawan #JohnMearsheimer ---------------------- 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. ---------------------- Get “The Israel Lobby” on Periplus bookstore: ----------------------- This episode is shot at The Keller Center in Chicago, home to the future of policy. Learn more about the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago: ----------------------- Earn a Master of Public Policy degree and be Indonesia’s future narrator. More info: admissions@ Visit and subscribe: @SGPPIndonesia ----------------------- 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