Piers Morgan vs John Mearsheimer | On Putin, Israel-Hamas And More

Political scientist, international relations scholar and ’the father of realism’ John Mearsheimer joins Piers Morgan Uncensored to debate Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the war in the Middle East and more. He uncovers the reasoning behind some of his more controversial views, telling Piers Morgan why he thinks Ukraine’s already lost the war against Russia and why Hamas is not as much of a threat to Israel as some may think. 00:00 - Introduction 00:35 - How worried should we be about the world? 00:46 - The Middle East, Ukraine and East Asia 02:05 - His distinction of American intervention rooted in ideology 02:15 - Mearsheimer’s ’realist’ world view 04:27 - Vladimir Putin’s motivation to invade Ukraine 08:33 - His 1993 argument on Ukraine’s possession of nuclear weapons 11:24 - Mearsheimer classifies Ukraine War as a “war of attrition” 14:00 - Putin’s interview with Tucker Carlson 15:55 - The origins of WW2 17:55 - Ukraine and being a member of