John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3 | Lex Fridman Podcast #401

John Mearsheimer is an international relations scholar at University of Chicago. He is one of the most influential and controversial thinkers in the world on the topics of war and power.

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TRANSCRIPT:
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EPISODE LINKS:
John's Website: mearsheimer.com/
John's Books:
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics: amzn.to/3FWrqkX
How States Think: amzn.to/3udaWST
The Great Delusion: amzn.to/3syXKXS
Why Leaders Lie: amzn.to/3ucs4rU
The Israel Lobby: amzn.to/47fxrVU
Books Mentioned:
Leviathan: amzn.to/49zCFgu
The End of History and the Last Man: amzn.to/47wTVBf
Who Are We: amzn.to/3QXDk44

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:29 - Power
24:43 - Hitler
42:09 - Russia and Ukraine
1:38:22 - Israel and Palestine
2:39:13 - China
3:21:34 - Life and mortality

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