Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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As Iran agrees to resume negotiations in Islamabad, John Mearsheimer dissects the complicated challenges and competing interests facing the United States as the countdown to the end of the ceasefire begins.

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(0:00) Intro
(2:35) Will Trump go up escalation ladder?
(4:40) 10 points
(7:10) The two-sided pressure on Trump
(10:13) Lebanon
(13:23) Israel lobby’s status
(17:28) Trump’s blockade conundrum
(21:18) Trump’s destruction of State Dept.
(25:26) Trump’s false prediction
(27:22) Global economic consequences
(34:39) Going forward
(38:30) Frozen ceasefire
(41:48) Suez Crisis?
(45:25) Outro