Paul Buitink talks to John Mearsheimer, a renowned American political scientist and international relations scholar who belongs to the realist school of thought. He is a Professor at the University of Chicago. John gives an overview of what offensive realism is. Furthermore he discusses the European Union’s foreign policy and how dependent it is on that of the US. He explains Russia’s strategy and how Ukraine is going to lose with severe negative consequences for Europe and NATO. He also gives his view on the tensions between US and China and how the situation in the Middle East could spiral out of control. At the end John discusses the strength of the dollar and how in general things will get worse across the world before they get any better.

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Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:47 Explanation of (offensive) realism 6:52 EU’s foreign policy 16:32 Russia’s strategy 22:26 Nukes for The Netherlands 24:03 Future of EU 27:56 China 31:48 Israel vs Iran 44:08 The future of the US dollar 47:37 Closing remarks; things are only going to get worse