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International Law Only Binds the Weak | Ask the Professor
YouTube channel member @KamranRazvan (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC2hcrjK977-Ut1kaeFcPkhA) asks: What does the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty actually offer a non-nuclear state if international law has no real enforcement? My answe
Was It a Mistake for Britain to Fight World War II? | Ask the Professor
In this episode I answer a question from channel member @hassanakram8328 , who asks whether it was worth it for Britain to fight World War I and World War II, and whether Britain should be helping Ukraine against Russia today. My answer is
Does Israel Win If the Gulf Burns? | Ask the Professor
YouTube channel member @BrianPerry-f7b (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCP73OGLxKHP_ULYO_wh2imw)asks: Does Israel benefit if the Gulf states are devastated? Iran has threatened to hit Gulf civilian infrastructure if its own sites are st
Israel’s Lobby vs US Democracy | A Special Roundtable
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Are Aircraft Carriers Obsolete? | Ask The Professor
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Trump's Three-War Trap | Episode 13
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Did Russia Manipulate Mearsheimer? | Ask The Professor
In this Ask the Professor, YouTube channel member @boresow (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC-ALZ5YsUCfjsX24nT_jG4A) asks how I separate real insight from propaganda after my visit to Russia, and whether I’m being used to amplify Moscow
Why Can’t America Contain China? | Ask The Professor
YouTube channel member @GuanWang-n2g (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCdfkf3RTEtzpOiwwNFvQKOA) asks: why did Washington never devote the resources needed to carry out the pivot to Asia that the Obama administration announced in 2011
We Can't Help Saudi Arabia | Ask the Professor
YouTube channel member @sambaker7691 (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCnzzRp2eKOrJfqhBlMdRsGA) 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
Why Hamas Really Attacked Israel on Oct. 7 | Episode 12
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 th
We’ll Never Beat the Houthis
DESCRIPTION YouTube Channel member @edhodapp6465 (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC91FI1pAsQKOUTLi7ceITcg) 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 wa
The Korean War: America vs China | Ask The Professor
YouTube Channel member @spacecometrue (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCZkBIpKHhBZ4N2qKW3DfdBA) 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
Trump Can’t Bluff Iran into Surrender | Episode 11
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 dema
Forget Vietnam, You Get Iran And Iraq | Ask The Professor
I'll explain how the Vietnam War shaped my thinking about international relations, and the lessons it holds for today.
Will China Attack Taiwan? | Ask The Professor
I'll explain why I believe a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in the next decade is unlikely, and the one scenario that could change that.
The Inescapable US-China Rivalry | Episode 10
President Trump and President Xi Jinping just concluded a three-day summit in Washington, DC, that was noteworthy for its lofty rhetoric and almost complete lack of progress in dealing with a host of truly important issues: AI, Iran, Taiwan
Is Ukraine Committing National Suicide? | Episode 9
Iuliia Mendel, who served as President Zelensky’s press secretary from 2019 to 2021, published an article in The Spectator on September 15, 2026, titled “Zelensky’s Strategy Is National Suicide.” In essence, she makes a compelling case that
The Russia I Saw | Episode 8
I recently spent 8 days in Russia – September 5-12, 2026 – mainly in Moscow and St. Petersburg. I gave a series of talks and interviews and spoke with numerous people in the Russian security community, including senior figures like Foreign
A Must Read Book on the Israel Lobby | Episode 7
Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick have just published a terrific new book called Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power. It appears twenty years after Steve Walt and I published “The Israel Lobby” in The London Review of Books (Ma
Why Ukraine Is Doomed | Episode 6
In recent months, Western news coverage of the Ukraine war tells us that Russia is suffering huge casualties on the battlefield while making hardly any progress capturing Ukrainian territory. At the same time, Ukraine’s long-range drone att
The False Promise of Tactical Nuclear Weapons | Episode 5
There is considerable evidence that the US is interested in “expanding its options” for using its nuclear arsenal. In particular, it appears that the Pentagon would like to increase its reliance on tactical nuclear weapons for both deterren
The MOU Is Dead! Can a Blockade Save Us? | Episode 4
The June 17, 2026, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) expired today – August 17, 2026. The US has not achieved any of its initial objectives. It is now mainly concerned with opening the Strait of Hormuz without having to accept Iran’s far-re
Iran Has Trump Over A Barrel | Episode 3
The aim of this video is to compare the terms of the new deal to end the Iran war, which key Iranian spokesmen have just described, with those of the June 17, 2026, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Tehran and Washington. I will exp
Trump Must Admit Defeat In Iran | Episode 2
In today’s video I’ll explain why I believe a US victory is not possible and why the longer Trump waits to cut a deal with Iran, the worse the outcome for the US. I’ll argue that Trump would have been wise to settle the war months ago, afte
Origins of the War In Ukraine | Episode 1
In today’s episode I’ll explain why I believe a US victory is not possible and why the longer Trump waits to cut a deal with Iran, the worse the outcome for the US. I’ll argue that Trump would have been wise to settle the war months ago, af
