#401 – John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3
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🗓️ 18 November 2023
⏱️ 215 minutes
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How States Think: https://amzn.to/3udaWST
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(00:00) - Introduction
(09:52) - Power
(33:06) - Hitler
(50:33) - Russia and Ukraine
(1:46:45) - Israel and Palestine
(2:47:37) - China
(3:29:58) - Life and mortality
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with John Meersheimer, a professor at University of Chicago, |
| 0:05.4 | and one of the most influential and controversial thinkers in the world. |
| 0:10.5 | He teaches, speaks, and writes about the nature of power and war on the global stage, in history and today. |
| 0:19.0 | Please allow me to say, once again, my hope for this little journey I'm on. I will speak to everyone on all |
| 0:28.6 | sides with compassion with, and with backbone. |
| 0:34.8 | I will speak with Vladimir Putin and with Alatamislensky, with Russians and with Ukrainians, |
| 0:41.6 | with Israelis and with Palestinians, with everyone. |
| 0:46.7 | My goal is to do whatever small part I can to decrease the amount of suffering in the world |
| 0:52.2 | by trying to reveal our common humanity. |
| 0:55.7 | I believe that in the end truth and love wins. I will get attacked for being naive, for being a shell, for being weak. I am |
| 1:09.8 | none of those things. But I do make mistakes and I will get better. I love you all. |
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